My wired home network is comprised of two Macs downstairs and one upstairs, all connected by Cat6 cable into my fibre router, which has an integrated 4-port Gigabit switch. The Macs are all Gigabit-capable, and I've used a local network speed test tool to confirm that they are talking to each other at Gigabit speeds; the peak speed between the two furthest-apart Macs on the network is 925 Mbps, the average is 890.
My fibre broadband speed is 650 Mbps and the Ookla speed test confirms that both the Macs downstairs are getting pretty much that. But for some reason, Ookla is showing that the upstairs Mac maxes out at about 350 Mbps. Why might that be? There's nothing stealing bandwith from it when I run the test.
I've confirmed that all the Macs on the network are communicating with each other, via the switch in the fibre router, at an average speed of 890 Mbps, so on the face of it, it doesn't look like a cable issue.
My fibre broadband speed is 650 Mbps and the Ookla speed test confirms that both the Macs downstairs are getting pretty much that. But for some reason, Ookla is showing that the upstairs Mac maxes out at about 350 Mbps. Why might that be? There's nothing stealing bandwith from it when I run the test.
I've confirmed that all the Macs on the network are communicating with each other, via the switch in the fibre router, at an average speed of 890 Mbps, so on the face of it, it doesn't look like a cable issue.
