Max Speed Ethernet internet Possible?

[Destry]

I have a 1 gig per second connection to the internet. I can't find a server with the ability to do a speed test that will match my connection. I am using my Ethernet connection because my Wi-Fi can not handle the speed. Best I can get is 625.37 Mbps down and 49.27 Mbps up on speedtest.net. I downloaded 30 movies between 1 gig and 4 gig in about 40 minutes with k torrent. Is there any way I can accurately check my connection?

Network:
Device-1: Marvell 88E8071 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Gateway
driver: sky2 v: 1.30 port: 3000 bus ID: 02:00.0
IF: enp2s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel WiFi Link 5100 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 3000
bus ID: 04:00.0
IF: wlp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>

[DAMIEN1307]

try this one...it max's out at 1 gig...DAMIEN

http://speedtest.googlefiber.net/

[AndyMH]

Best I can get is 625.37 Mbps down and 49.27 Mbps up

Lucky you
33.61 down and 5.21 up, and there are a lot of members here with much worse connections.
Life in the slow lane.

[AZgl1800]

yes,

lucky you.
I am on ViaSat for the near term.

during Prime Time in the evenings, I am lucky to get 1Mbps down, and 0.2Mbps up

[DAMIEN1307]

sounds like viasat gave great service for the short term and is now not quite as good as when you started?...DAMIEN

[AZgl1800]

sounds like viasat gave great service for the short term and is now not quite as good as when you started?...DAMIEN

Oh yeah... that they did.

it was a Fantastic Shell Game, let me "borrow" a Test Station set up on a wood pallet for a week.
that thing was like running greased lightning with the exception of the Latency of 630+ mS...

and for the 1st month, I went over the "Priority" bandwidth of 35gB and it never slowed down for me. we were tickled to get away from AT&T DSL which was out of service more than it worked.

now, it is slow every night during Prime Time hours from 5 pm to midnight...
and that just about makes it useless. I have an OliveIP modem arriving today if UPS tracking is correct. I chose T-Mobile as the carrier as the other choice is "AT&T" and not going there.

[phd21]

Hi Destry,

If your hardware cannot support 1gb per second Internet, then do not pay for it, downgrade a tier or two.

FYI: I think the connection speed for my Frontier Fiber Internet is supposed to be around 30mpbs down and up. Using a USB WiFi 300 mbps "N" single band adapter.

Speedtest Google Fiber reports these values on my system
Down 37.7 Mbps up 38.6 Mbps

vpn server-ca: vpn.ac, down 31.7 Mbps up 6.28 Mbps
.
.
Speedtest ookla
Down: 38.54mbps up 32.56mbps

vpn server-ca: vpn.ac,15.57 Mbps up 11.48mbps
vpn server ga.-usa: vpn.ac, down 19.24mbps up 12.29 Mbps

vpn server il.-usa: free protonvpn, down 24.17 Mbps up 10.06mbps

Hope this helps ...

[Destry]

try this one...it max's out at 1 gig...DAMIEN

http://speedtest.googlefiber.net/

Just tried it..

PING:
92 ms
DOWNLOAD
394 Mbps
UPLOAD
53.7 Mbps

Worse than Ookla where I did my first test.

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[catweazel]

Worse than Ookla where I did my first test.

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Your ethernet card may be stuck in half duplex mode.

Use ifconfig to determine the interface name, or use cat /proc/net/dev | awk '{print $1}'. Then use ethtool <interfacename>. You will get a list like this:

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ethtool enp6s0
Settings for enp6s0:
        Supported ports: [ TP ]
        Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 
                                1000baseT/Full 
        Supported pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only
        Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
        Supported FEC modes: Not reported
        Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 
                                1000baseT/Full 
        Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric
        Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
        Advertised FEC modes: Not reported
        Speed: 1000Mb/s
        Duplex: Full
        Port: Twisted Pair
        PHYAD: 0
        Transceiver: internal
        Auto-negotiation: on
        MDI-X: Unknown
        Current message level: 0x000060e4 (24804)
                               link ifup rx_err tx_err hw wol
        Link detected: yes

It will tell you the speed and duplex mode. Post the results back here. Enclose the results between [ⅽode] and [/ⅽode] code markers by selecting </> from the mini toolbar above the textbox where you type your reply.

[Destry]

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~$ ifconfig
enp2s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 69.178.105.34  netmask 255.255.248.0  broadcast 69.178.111.255
        inet6 fe80::f4b1:c576:7145:2c81  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 00:1d:72:ed:5c:38  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 960812  bytes 1146324727 (1.1 GB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 110392  bytes 132536378 (132.5 MB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
        device interrupt 16  

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
        loop  txqueuelen 1000  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 2772  bytes 230214 (230.2 KB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 2772  bytes 230214 (230.2 KB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

wlp4s0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether 00:21:6b:0b:43:b4  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

[DAMIEN1307]

hi destry...are you outside the U.S.?...if so, that is probably why you didnt get googlefiber test but your showing something called "rocket", that is not the site i sent...DAMIEN

[DAMIEN1307]

hi destry...are you outside the U.S.?...if so, that is probably why you didnt get googlefiber test but your showing something called "rocket", that is not the site i sent you...i thought you were somewhere around detroit michigan...DAMIEN

[Destry]

hi destry...are you outside the U.S.?...if so, that is probably why you didnt get googlefiber test but your showing something called "rocket", that is not the site i sent you...i thought you were somewhere around detroit michigan...DAMIEN

No longer in Michigan. I moved to Alaska.
I did run google fiber and posted results several posts back.
Just ran it again...

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[DAMIEN1307]

OK then...i dont think its your computer...you say that your ISP is providing you with 1 gig per second speed up in Alaska...your modem provided by them i would have to assume is rated for 1 gig speed...do you have a separate router hooked up to the modem and if so, is it rated for 1 gig per second speed, if it isnt, than you just found the bottleneck...dont know much more that could be of help...DAMIEN

[Destry]

OK then...i dont think its your computer...you say that your ISP is providing you with 1 gig per second speed up in Alaska...your modem provided by them i would have to assume is rated for 1 gig speed...do you have a separate router hooked up to the modem and if so, is it rated for 1 gig per second speed, if it isnt, than you just found the bottleneck...dont know much more that could be of help...DAMIEN

Router supplied by ISP and using a direct connection via cat cable. I do have a Belkin AC1600 Gigabit router connected to the 2nd port on the modem to supply wifi to my wireless devices. That will do 1300 mbps on 5ghz.

[BG405]

Out of interest, you could try this (which I use exclusively; seems accurate enough):

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wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py | python

I sometimes run it a few times to get a rough average.

Just checked & it gave me:

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Testing download speed................................................................................
Download: 37.00 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed................................................................................................
Upload: 10.16 Mbit/s

I added an alias in ~/.bashrc (not the recommended way, apparently, but it works well enough for me) & just have to type "speedtest".

[rene]

Is there any way I can accurately check my connection?

You'd initially preferably use a speedtest which runs at your own provider so as to eliminate the too many variables "the general internet" introduces. In a second step you'd look further. Also, 1 Gb in fact requires fair cabling, certainly if more than a few meters.

But... if your footer is right you're on a Core2 Quad Q9550. Both it and the Marvell 88E8071 are 10 year old technology, i.e., from a time when Gb ethernet was more theoretical than practical. It would surprise me if that system could get you better than what you are getting; would for example certainly not be getting what you're getting with e.g. Realtek hardware from anywhere near that age.

You should that is first all test with a more modern system; at the moment it seems likely that your old system and NIC are itself the bottleneck.

[Pippin]

If you have two machines, connect them directly and do an iperf test...

[rene]

With systems of similar if slightly better vintage; 1 = Core i7-860 with RTL8111D, 2 = Xeon E5606 with Broadcom BCM5761; non-dedicated link (LAN, but both on the same local switch, a Netgear GS108):

iPerf server = 1, client = 2: 890 Mb/s
iPerf server = 2, client = 1: 940 Mb/s

That in fact surprises me; much better than I had expected. But still, your setup is older (and I explicitly have good cabling), so if you can't similarly conclude your system to not be the bottleneck I'd first of all go find a newer system to test with.

[Pippin]

If can find a iperf server close enough:
https://iperf.fr/iperf-servers.php