my WIFI is 100mgbs and I'm connected through ethernet

[mommyuwu]

I'm only getting 5mb what is going on

[Cathulhu]

That makes no sense.
Wifi is wireless. Ethernet is cable based. So what exactly is it?

What speed do you pay your ISP for?
What speed to you get on speedtest.net, post a link from a test result please.

[nullable]

The speed of your local network may be 100MBPS which means you could get that speed talking between devices on your network. But that's different than the actual speed of your internet connection.

It's possible you only have 40-50Mbps internet (which divides down to ~5-6MBps) we can only guess at those details though.

[mommyuwu]

Cathulhu lähetti viestin:

That makes no sense.
Wifi is wireless. Ethernet is cable based. So what exactly is it?

What speed do you pay your ISP for?
What speed to you get on speedtest.net, post a link from a test result please.

it's Ethernet i'm on about and we pay for 100mgps

[Cathulhu]

What about speedtest.net test?

[mommyuwu]

Cathulhu lähetti viestin:

What about speedtest.net test?

63mgb

[Satoru]

george lähetti viestin:

Cathulhu lähetti viestin:

What about speedtest.net test?

63mgb

Sounds lke you're getting 5MBYTES per second

Which is basicaly around 63mBITS per second

[Cathulhu]

So, if you only get 63 Megabit out of 100 Megabit you're paying your ISP, then i'd assume you do have network connectivity issues not related to Steam.
Work with your ISP to fix it.

@Satoru
63 Megabit = 7.875 Megabyte.

[Satoru]

Cathulhu lähetti viestin:

So, if you only get 63 Megabit out of 100 Megabit you're paying your ISP, then i'd assume you do have network connectivity issues not related to Steam.
Work with your ISP to fix it.

@Satoru
63 Megabit = 7.875 Megabyte.

Its still basically in the same ballpark figure they're likely locally disk limited anyway

[mommyuwu]

Cathulhu lähetti viestin:

So, if you only get 63 Megabit out of 100 Megabit you're paying your ISP, then i'd assume you do have network connectivity issues not related to Steam.
Work with your ISP to fix it.

@Satoru
63 Megabit = 7.875 Megabyte.

but in Microsoft store i get 40-60 megabyte

[Mad Scientist]

george lähetti viestin:

Cathulhu lähetti viestin:

So, if you only get 63 Megabit out of 100 Megabit you're paying your ISP, then i'd assume you do have network connectivity issues not related to Steam.
Work with your ISP to fix it.

@Satoru
63 Megabit = 7.875 Megabyte.

but in Microsoft store i get 40-60 megabyte

Steam uses compressed downloads, so the entire process uses your CPU & HDD. Downloads and installs chunks that must be decompressed. Synthetic speeds do not align with real-world loads, and the use of such equipment can determine speeds. Selecting different servers can also potentially increase the download speed.

Also its Mbps (MegaBIT), not mgbs for speedtests. Steams default download measurement is MB/s (MegaBYTE)

Nonetheless, 5MB/s appears accurate.

[Cathulhu]

Microsoft Store uses MegaBIT, Steam uses MegaBYTE

8 Bit = 1 Byte.

[MoonC A T]

Do the test already as indicated by post #1. Clearly you are confused.

Once you do the test, click on the little chain icon in the "Share" section and then paste the web page here.

Also, just FYI my cat5 connection (work laptop) is slower (100mbps) than my wifi (gaming PC / 200mbps) because I am working from home and is throttled by my work security software (on the same netwrok), so it's not uncommon.

[mommyuwu]

Mr. Gentlebot lähetti viestin:

george lähetti viestin:

but in Microsoft store i get 40-60 megabyte

Steam uses compressed downloads, so the entire process uses your CPU & HDD. Downloads and installs chunks that must be decompressed. Synthetic speeds do not align with real-world loads, and the use of such equipment can determine speeds. Selecting different servers can also potentially increase the download speed.

Also its Mbps (MegaBIT), not mgbs for speedtests. Steams default download measurement is MB/s (MegaBYTE)

Nonetheless, 5MB/s appears accurate.

if i used a ssd would it download faster

[MoonC A T]

Until you follow instructions, it's questionable whether you even have an issue...

[mommyuwu]

ᴹᴼᴼᴺC A T lähetti viestin:

Until you follow instructions, it's questionable whether you even have an issue...

https://www.speedtest.net/result/12417783804