I got a new Acer Chromebook and I was wondering the reason why the speed is poor for the Wifi.
The router I use is Asus RT-AC68U.
My internet speed is 1000/100M. If I run Speedtest.net with the chromebook the download speed is around 200 Mbps. I have done the test over and over again. Always basically the same result.
I find the result rather poor compared to my Lenovo (chip Intel AC 7260). With that laptop I get always over 400 Mbps.
By using a cable, the download speed is around 900 Mbps with Lenovo. With the Chromebook I cannot test, since the RJ-45 -slot is missing.
So, the question is… Is there anything I can do to improve the speed with my Chromebook 13? Or is 200 Mbps the best it can do?
I have tested the computers also with another router, but I do not have a 2nd AC-router, so they were tested with 802.11n -router. The speed drops to 100 Mbps.
Here is some info of the test:
Settings of router (Asus RT-AC68U):
http://www.upload.ee/image/4749915/Untitled.png
Speed test with Chromebook:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/4394470494.png
Speed test with Lenovo:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/4394450431.png
Wifi setting from Chromebook:
/device/mlan0
Address: acd1b88f0db7
BgscanMethod: simple
BgscanShortInterval: 30
BgscanSignalThreshold: -50
IPConfigs/0: /ipconfig/mlan0_90_dhcp
Interface: mlan0
LinkMonitorResponseTime: 28
LinkStatistics/0/AverageReceiveSignalDbm: -29
LinkStatistics/1/LastReceiveSignalDbm: -29
LinkStatistics/2/PacketReceiveSuccesses: 9987431
LinkStatistics/3/PacketTrasmitSuccesses: 7997883
LinkStatistics/4/TransmitBitrate: 866.7 MBit/s VHT-MCS 9 80MHz short GI VHT-NSS 2
Name: mlan0
NetDetectScanPeriodSeconds: 120
Powered: true
ReceiveByteCount: 5621685360
RoamThreshold: 18
ScanInterval: 60
Scanning: false
SelectedService: /service/0
TransmitByteCount: 5122487442
Type: wifi
WakeOnWiFiFeaturesEnabled: not_supported
WakeToScanPeriodSeconds: 900
And the detailed info of Chrome:
CHROME VERSION | | 42.0.2311.153 |
CHROMEOS_AUSERVER | | https://tools.google.com/service/update2 |
CHROMEOS_BOARD_APPID | | {2FC0F0CF-1A55-DF3F-73E6-517389444085} |
CHROMEOS_CANARY_APPID | | {90F229CE-83E2-4FAF-8479-E368A34938B1} |
CHROMEOS_DEVSERVER | | |
CHROMEOS_RELEASE_APPID | | {2FC0F0CF-1A55-DF3F-73E6-517389444085} |
CHROMEOS_RELEASE_BOARD | | nyan_big-signed-mpkeys |
CHROMEOS_RELEASE_BRANCH_NUMBER | | 88 |
CHROMEOS_RELEASE_BUILD_NUMBER | | 6812 |
CHROMEOS_RELEASE_BUILD_TYPE | | Official Build |
CHROMEOS_RELEASE_CHROME_MILESTONE | | 42 |
CHROMEOS_RELEASE_DESCRIPTION | | 6812.88.0 (Official Build) stable-channel nyan_big |
CHROMEOS_RELEASE_NAME | | Chrome OS |
CHROMEOS_RELEASE_PATCH_NUMBER | | 0 |
CHROMEOS_RELEASE_TRACK | | stable-channel |
CHROMEOS_RELEASE_VERSION | | 6812.88.0 |
CLIENT_ID | | 70752293-E53F-403C-87EA-FDF2C585C97C |
GOOGLE_RELEASE | | 6812.88.0 |
LOGDATE | | Sun May 31 11:50:13 EEST 2015 |
So, the bottom line.. Why is the chromebook some much slower?
