THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE RESPONSES
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Timing might make some difference but going from WiFi to Ethernet should be a net positive, not negative, right?
However, I've just tried the speed test again and now I'm at 14.77Mbps. Titanfall 2 is downloading at about 4MB to 5MB. Slight increase from earlier that makes it the same rate as PS4 using WiFi now.
At least there's that!
Ready for PS5 and a new area.
We went though all sorts of different settings like modes (Auto and 54g), security (WPA2 PSK and AES) and Channels (0 through to 14). Nothing worked.
I just thought an Ethernet would help improve speeds.
I'm off this week looking for an alternative provider so will be looking at a variety of providers.
I don't think it's fake.
The funny thing is Virgin Media have a 450MB+ grey box not 50 meters away but interal wiring isn't up to the task which is why I opted to try a Ethernet cable expecting a decent increase.
It's really frustrating. There's unlimited potential right outside but I can't use it!
28Mbps. But I have been getting 5MB's downloads using WiFi!
No Dice.
Tried. Slower than MTU 1500 by about 1MBps.
No dice.
Just waited to trouble-shoot this evening.
I think I'm doomed. I'll speak to Sky tomorrow and other providers as we go through the week.
So...
One crucial piece of information: PS4 game downloads are not a proper 'speed test'. Depending on game, time of day, Sony CDN load, any given game might load faster or slower, regardless of whether your actual PS4 has access to more bandwidth.
For sure. I used Ookla on a WiFi laptop to run a speed test and it's suggesting about 15Mbps but my PS4 performance has gone down from about 4.5MBps/5MBps to 3.5MBps using Ethernet. Speed Test suggests at least 28Mbps which doesn't make any sense since I was getting about 5MB's on game downloads.I may have misunderstood but I would open the browser and do a speed test to make sure it's not just PSN. Otherwise, maybe it's still using the wifi connection on the ps4? Otherwise it sounds like PSN isn't playing nice.
Timing might make some difference but going from WiFi to Ethernet should be a net positive, not negative, right?
However, I've just tried the speed test again and now I'm at 14.77Mbps. Titanfall 2 is downloading at about 4MB to 5MB. Slight increase from earlier that makes it the same rate as PS4 using WiFi now.
With a 30Mbps transfer rate, you could have gone with an old CAT5 cable and it would still not change a damn thing.
CAT6 is certified for 10Gbps on close course. CAT5e is certified 1Gbps on a 100m course. CAT5 can do 1Gbps on much closer course, but really has been certified for 100Mbps.
I saw a Cat5 cable but a Cat6 was only a couple of quid more so, I guess, I'm future proof'd.Cat6 wasn't necessary for a 30Mbps connection manage by a 100 or 1000 router, you could have bought the worst ethernet cable, it would have been fine.
So everything is fine here.
At least there's that!
Ready for PS5 and a new area.
You're right. The speed tests give me Mbps and PSN gives MB's. Experiences are relative to PSN though since I don't download large files online using computers i.e. relatively using a cable has slowed my connection speed for PS4. It's madness I tell thee.Please take no offence at this very basic question, but... are you aware of the difference between MBps and Mbps?
but yes, it shouldnt happen. Unless theres some severe network issue, eth should be more reliable and faster.
This is the third modem supplied by Sky.I had slow DL speeds till I got feed up and got a new modem from my ISP and it was magically fast after that. No idea why.
We went though all sorts of different settings like modes (Auto and 54g), security (WPA2 PSK and AES) and Channels (0 through to 14). Nothing worked.
4MBps. Sorry!Just a quick question: are PSN downloads showing 4Mbps or 4MBps?
Sky has been really reliable. Hardly any outages. Enough is enough though becasue it's really slow.I would bet you'll find it gets a lot better when you get off Sky, I've always found big ISPs are terrible in the UK (assuming you are in the UK but realise now there's probably Sky ISPs all over), only way to get consistent results is to pick a smaller supplier and don't be afraid to jump around when the service starts slipping.
Use this website: https://www.ispreview.co.uk/review/top10.php
I'm on UNO personally, don't have a speed test to hand but I know any time I've checked it it's been exactly what I was paying for and PSN has maxed out my connection several times.
I just thought an Ethernet would help improve speeds.
I'm off this week looking for an alternative provider so will be looking at a variety of providers.
I bought the Cat6 cable from a national UK electrical retailer called Curry's.theres alot of fake cat6 out there. i bought a roll of cat6 thinking to rewired my house. it has cat6 written on them then i created a few cables, hook it up and notice somethings not right with my isp speed and i keep getting dc. went into my router and the router says the cable is 10mb or 100 forgot. i was like this isnt right, switch back to cat5e, it says 1000 or 10000mb, eitherway its higher than the cat6. i quickly made another cable from the spindle and still say the same.
reading a few amazon review, theres some post mentioning their cable speed is slower too.
so yea, watch out for fake cat6 that has worse speed than cat5e.
I don't think it's fake.
So jealous.Lol man it's crazy. I seem to be the only one that downloads games in minutes on psn 🤷‍♂️. 20mins tops for 60gb+ games
Oh wow...Every time PSN speeds get brought up I think it's worth mentioning that you should close all apps, even background ones like Spotify when attempting to download or the ps4 gives lower priority to the traffic. There was a reddit thread a few years back explaining the reasons with a ton of packet capture and analysis. Just close everything including system apps and see if it improves for you.
Does anyone have a link to that thread handy?
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Never mind, found the source:
That said, there's no guarantee this is the root of your PSN issues, but it's worth giving it a shot.
I'm not in a fibre area.30 mbps??! dang here in the states i get 400mb like nothing in rural area, and 1gigabit is common
The funny thing is Virgin Media have a 450MB+ grey box not 50 meters away but interal wiring isn't up to the task which is why I opted to try a Ethernet cable expecting a decent increase.
It's really frustrating. There's unlimited potential right outside but I can't use it!
Just tried on PS4.If you wanna do a proper speed test go on fast.com (free Netflix HTML5 speed test) in your PS4 browser, a lot of CDN Sony use has throughput probnlem.
28Mbps. But I have been getting 5MB's downloads using WiFi!
Switch it off, changed port, had dinner and tried again.Try a different port on the modem, and also full power cycle the modem for like 5 minutes. Cat 6 also won't do anything if you modem is trash too, so see if your isp means to upgrade them, talk to th m about your issues. It's more likely that the servers you connect to are trash than any of the above though when it's reading at 27 mbps
No Dice.
MTU should be 1473.
Tried. Slower than MTU 1500 by about 1MBps.
No dice.
Will be tomorrow.
Just waited to trouble-shoot this evening.
I think I'm doomed. I'll speak to Sky tomorrow and other providers as we go through the week.