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Thursday, September 4th, 2014 1:58 PM

Ethernet Throughput Slower Than Wireless?!

This is an odd one...

 

I'm experiencing issues with streaming some content (mostly youtube but some other media like netflix and hulu) over a hardwired ethernet connection. Primarily I've noticed the issue with YouTube. See details below:

 

 

I'm using an Apple iMac and prefer a hardwired connection (speed, less network interference in my complex...etc.). However, when I use a hardwired connection I have a lot of issues with youtube videos buffering and stalling mid-play.

 

The funny thing is that when I switch over to a wifi connection (on the same iMac) youtube videos load without a single hiccup or buffer-stall

 

I'm puzzled as this makes no sense. I run a speed test on my line using both the wifi and ethernet connections and I'm showing roughly the following results both of which shouldn't have any issues playing youtube videos:

 

over wifi: ~25-30 Mbps down, ~5 Mbps up

ethernet: ~40-45 Mbps down, ~5.5 Mbps up

 

and yet the ethernet connection is slower for youtube videos than the wifi. I used to be on a 15 Mbps cable internet connection and didn't really have issues with that one and I certainly wouldn't expect to have issues on a hardwired 45 Mbps connection.

 

could there be some settings within my NVG589 that I should try adjusting? It just doesn't make much sense to me. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated 🙂

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3 Messages

9 years ago

additional details:

 

I use firefox and have tried Safari as well

 

I have rebotted the gateway (NVG 589) several times

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9 years ago

Oh wow. I thought I was losing my mind. I simply thought maybe the Internet service sucked. But I'm experiencing the same thing. Streaming of video on my mac with an ethernet cable is horrible. My phone streams better than it. But my laptops connected wireless are fine. 

Scholar

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9 years ago

Could it be the ethernet cable you're using between the gateway and computer that's causing the problem?

I'm not a MAC guy so I don't know a lot about the drivers, but I had a slowdown on my PC and fixed it by uninstalling the Intel drivers and re-installing them.

Tutor

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4 Messages

9 years ago

I'm having the same issue as you. I have two imacs that work fine via Wireless but once I plug into ethernet I have buffering issues with Youtube and I have to refresh the browser to access other sites. I installed a Cisco switch in between the iMacs and the AT&T gateway so I could do some testing. All the ports are clean with no errors. Are you still having the issue?

Tutor

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4 Messages

9 years ago

FYI - The solution to my issue was to turn off IPv6 on my lan. You can turn it off on the imac or the Router

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