ok so it turns out that the appleTV4 actually has a 10/100 network port on it. The appleTV 4K has a gigabit port. I actually have a an appleTV4K in another room so I grabbed that one and connected it to an ethernet port and ran the speed test and now I am getting 276.02 - which is a little better but honestly, i still would have thought would be higher.
I'll have to do some testing with the video and see if its still skipping.
Just sharing something that happened to me ... I have a gigabit router and switches but was only getting about 100 Mbit/s to the client (hardwired) ... but then when I swapped out a really old patch cable with a new Cat 6 cable the speed went up to about 677 Mbit/s. So old cables might be something else to check.
| CATEGORY | SHIELDING | MAX TRANSMISSION SPEED (AT 100 METERS) | MAX BANDWIDTH |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cat 3 | Unshielded | 10 Mbps | 16 MHz |
| Cat 5 | Unshielded | 10/100 Mbps | 100 MHz |
| Cat 5e | Unshielded | 1000 Mbps / 1 Gbps | 100 MHz |
| Cat 6 | Shielded or Unshielded | 1000 Mbps / 1 Gbps | >250 MHz |
| Cat 6a | Shielded | 10000 Mbps / 10 Gbps | 500 MHz |
| Cat 7 | Shielded | 10000 Mbps / 10 Gbps | 600 MHz |
| Cat 8 | Shielded | 25 Gbps or 40Gbps * | 2000 MHz |
thanks for the additional info - i hadn't really thought much about the cables before so I just looked and all of my cables are cat5e. I just ordered some cat6 cables and will replace them and see if that helps with the wired speeds.
You are missing one important piece of information. There are a lot of cheap cables (usually from China) that are labeled Cat-nn, but do not meet the specs.
Before purchasing stuff, do you have a faster drive available for testing purposes?
I'd like to put out there that the wifi standard, frequency, etc, has a lot to do with a stable wifi connection. This is 5ghz AC on a phone.
Couple of things to add here. Iâm pretty sure the speed test is running between whatever device you are testing from to the Channels client, not from the DVR server. So the speed of the device you are testing from also comes into play. Obviously if youâre able to test from the same device as the DVR software is running on youâll get a true picture of the speed between them. One more thought on wifi. Itâs notorious for being fast one second, slow the next. Itâs very susceptible to interference and channel capacity. If your bright happens to do a big download your speed could slow to a crawl. Point is, one test via wifi isnât going to give you a complete picture. Numerous tests, and especially if you can do one when youâre having issues will give you a better idea. When possible, ethernet is always best. MOCA is a good solution (although not cheap) if you have coax runs.
No, it is between the client device whose IP you have accessed and the server.
Thanks for educating me (and others)! Thatâs great!
