WiFi Speeds with the Droid X

[.46caliber]

For ****s and giggles, I wanted to see what my WiFi speeds were on my WiFi devices.

I used the SpeedTest.net app on my Droid X and their site on a laptop and netbook.

Droid X
Down: 4.18 Mb/s - 3.87 Mb/s
Up: 1.46 Mb/s - 1.49 Mb/s

Asus Eee PC with Intel Wireless G - internal
Down: 9.79 Mb/s - 10.07 Mb/s
Up: .47 Mb/s - .99 Mb/s

IBM ThinkPad T40 with Belkin Wireless N - PCMCIA
Down: 9.98 Mb/s - 9.04 Mb/s
Up: 1.58 Mb/s - .76 Mb/s


Ran the numbers a couple times for each device. Within 10 minutes. At some point, something really altered the up.

 

[DaRkL3AD3R]

I've noticed on multiple wireless G infrastructures I'm only able to cap out at 15mbps down, 1.5-1.8mbps up. I have never, not once seen higher than those 2 numbers on multiple networks, where laptops and desktops on the same wireless G connection see speeds around 20-30mbps down and 5mbps up.

Anyone else notice this?

 

[CarbonOak]

I've noticed on multiple wireless G infrastructures I'm only able to cap out at 15mbps down, 1.5-1.8mbps up. I have never, not once seen higher than those 2 numbers on multiple networks, where laptops and desktops on the same wireless G connection see speeds around 20-30mbps down and 5mbps up.

Anyone else notice this?

I noticed this too. I have Verizon FiOS at home with 25 down and 25 up. My laptop gets these speeds, or close to it, and my desktop easily gets those numbers. My DX on the other hand seems stuck around 15/1.5 as you described.

 

[DaRkL3AD3R]

YouTube - ‪Droid X WiFi issues - BreakandMake.com‬‎

Skip ahead a little and you'll see him run a Speedtest benchmark over wifi and get the exact same speeds we are getting CarbonOak.

I get this bad feeling either the wireless g adapter is defective or for whatever unjustifiable reason theres a cap on the bandwidth you can get through wifi.

I'm leaning towards a problem with the adapter being flakey as theres been numerous bugs reported with it and how even wireless n speeds are horrendous compared to other n products.

 

[.46caliber]

I'm of the same opinion. Cheaper hardware, and most people aren't going to notice. They'll think, "Wow, this is much faster than my old phone on WiFi." and that would be the end of it.

Tisk tisk.

Oh, and screw Charter Comm. I pay for their "Up to 16Mb/s" package, but I've never seen anything over 10. Stupid FTC or whatever, won't allow ATT U-verse out here.

 

[DaRkL3AD3R]

Bump. Can we get some more testers in here? If you have a home Wifi access point with confirmed 16+mbps down and 2+mbps up can you please download and run Speedtest on Wifi and let us know if anyone else sees better results?

I want to note that while running the bandwidth benchmark I tried flicking back and forth between the Settings tab and the Benchmark tab up top and it somehow forced my upload to run a bit closer to what I know it should. I've gotten 3+mbps up consistently while doing this. Give it a try

 

[doctorlove316]

10+ DL
3.7 UL

From the basement though with 2 out of the 4 bars on my WIFI signal notification.

 

[DaRkL3AD3R]

Thanks for the report avlfive.

I just thought of something, CarbonOak and myself both have FiOS and are seeing the exact same results, even though we have different bandwidths (both higher than what we're stuck with on our phones though) and I assume he's using the default actiontec router.

Maybe its just a compatibility issue with routers here?

 

[sleeping giant]

try switching your wireless broadcast to 802.11b

 

[nitsuj17]

just tested my dx last night with fios 25/15 and got 17.8 up 1.9 down

previously I was getting just under 17 and 1.7 consistently

 

[CarbonOak]

Thanks for the report avlfive.

I just thought of something, CarbonOak and myself both have FiOS and are seeing the exact same results, even though we have different bandwidths (both higher than what we're stuck with on our phones though) and I assume he's using the default actiontec router.

Maybe its just a compatibility issue with routers here?

I just checked and I have a Westell router A90-9100EM15-10 (UltraLine Series 3).

 

[wildman]

10+ DL
3.7 UL

From the basement though with 2 out of the 4 bars on my WIFI signal notification.

Boy how are you getting those speeds? Mine is only 3 DL - 0.58 UL... Did not know Time Warners speeds was that crazy... Might explain buffing issue off and on.

 

[RayStinkle]

remember because its a mobile device, its CPU and RAM speed is the bottleneck. so you will not see speeds similar to what you get on a desktop/laptop. even though the X has the best specs out for a phone at the moment, it still is a bottleneck for super fast wifi speeds.

 

[Saiyaman156]

Do you really even need faster than 15Mbps on your phone?

On another note, if you are using the Class 2 SD card that came with your phone, the write speed is typically 2MBps, which is equal to 16Mbps. I don't know where the application is writing the temp data for download/upload, but if it is the SD card, I bet that is the "issue".

 

[Topweasel]

Do you really even need faster than 15Mbps on your phone?

On another note, if you are using the Class 2 SD card that came with your phone, the write speed is typically 2MBps, which is equal to 16Mbps. I don't know where the application is writing the temp data for download/upload, but if it is the SD card, I bet that is the "issue".

The prepackaged SD card is a Class 4 I thought. Its the 32GB one that they were selling for $100 launch day that was Class 2.

 

[dukeslb56]

With comcast, I got 15.61 up and 1.67 down

 

[wildman]

remember because its a mobile device, its CPU and RAM speed is the bottleneck. so you will not see speeds similar to what you get on a desktop/laptop. even though the X has the best specs out for a phone at the moment, it still is a bottleneck for super fast wifi speeds.

This should be clear because this is a forum for Droid X it will be assumed that all post would be about a mobile device, desktops are always going to be handle more data because of the hardware differences.

 

[Saiyaman156]

The prepackaged SD card is a Class 4 I thought. Its the 32GB one that they were selling for $100 launch day that was Class 2.

Well hot damn I stand corrected.

I am not particularly concerned about the wireless performance. When I get home I will try out and see what my WiFi connection can do. My good wireless router died, so I am now using the one that comes with my FiOS connection. I don't really have issues with speed when I work from home, so maybe the wireless adapter in the DX is "slow".

 

[RayStinkle]

This should be clear because this is a forum for Droid X it will be assumed that all post would be about a mobile device, desktops are always going to be handle more data because of the hardware differences.

right well isnt eveyone in this thread talking about how their wifi speeds are not pulling down the full speed like their desktops/laptops are pulling?

 

[Bond32]

Wow. How do you guys have such fast connections... I barely get 3 mbps