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Beyond as @Assassin5150 stated, testing geographical location to insure the ISP has proper peering connections to insure your throughput wherever you choose to grab data from.

I'll make the hypothesis that there have recently been tests run which are above the average, where the results might be well above the average, and in a sense, skewing the averaged equation. But not really incorrect, considering the results would be one if not the most 'live' or up to the minute correct mean that can be found.

Yea not bad for a 4TB drive Interesting they warranty the thing for 2 years, and give 'cloud' service just until the drive warranty is up. Faith in their product? Yes, at the rate of ~ $0.02 per MB , it's still ~50% markup

Hey @shooter505 , first thought is MaxMind, which I believe this site utilizes, has a detection issue. @CA3LE

I believe in order to resource the proper hardware, let alone the fiber itself, would fiscally far outweigh just having a T1 (or a dedicated line from the ISP to your home) line pulled to your door for nearly the same end result. Your cap still lies within the bottleneck of satellite resources available through the ISP. You could achieve the same result by insuring quality lines from dish to modem => workstation. It's all 'data' What they are referring to with the four lane highway is a decent analogy. Traffic might not move any faster, but more 'data' will be available at the endpoint. Throughput still has constraints of the hardware / software at the modem: Just as; A four lane highway can hold four times as many cars, but there are still traffic jams, since the entrances and exits are not four lane, and have traffic signals.

Concerning the no range response, what were the power levels, if you noticed while in there. Or just have another peek. Though that error is rather common. You might be on to something with testing from a known clean machine, including no addons, antivirus and software firewalls active on the local machine.

When you visit http://192.168.100.1/cgi-bin/eventlog do you see any repeating errors? You could clear the log, and run a test here, then have a look at the new log entries if it is jammed.

We've got you covered @psyber , sorry for the delay in approving your posts.

The cabling between the modem and router would be the first thing to test further. Although cat5/e can handle that throughput, I would consider using a cat6a cable between the modem and the router. Even 24gauge. Also attempting to rule out pinout issues by getting a higher end network cable. (In the case of the same manufacturer / lot# of the two existing wires), though I assume your using the same wire when testing modem to laptop. Just an fyi, I've come across quite a few machines as of late running windows 7, where there is some network issue, either not allowing the end user to connect to a wifi point, or outlook claiming no connection where mails can still be sent and received. So I do not rule out some bad update. Have you tested a second machine or device on the network, not running windows 7? Results?

I find it most interesting that companies such as Western Digital are spending so many resources on mechanical drives. It shows the SSD technology is far from getting market domination. At least in big data.

Western Digital on Tuesday introduced its fourth-generation enterprise-class hard drives filled with helium. The HGST Ultrastar He12 HDD can store up to 12 TB of data, whereas its version based on shingled magnetic recording technology has a capacity of 14 TB (note, both are under the He12 brand). It is noteworthy that to increase the capacity of the HDD, Western Digital had to increase both the amount of platters in the new drives as well as their areal density. New Generation The HGST Ultrastar He12 is built upon a completely new platform featuring eight platters, up from seven inside previous-gen drives that use Western Digital’s HelioSeal technology. The manufacturer does not reveal a lot about the new HDDs, but it looks like as the company has learned more about helium-filled drives and managed to squeeze eight platters into a 3.5” HDD to increase capacity. To add the eighth platter, Western Digital had to redesign internals of its HDDs (including arms and heads) significantly. Over the next few months, we will probably learn more about HGST's fourth-generation HelioSeal platform in general and the new HDDs in particular. Moreover, Western Digital recently said that the HelioSeal is here to stay for a long time as demand for high-capacity SSDs is growing. Therefore, helium will be used not only for PMR- and SMR-based hard drives, but for HDDs featuring future magnetic recording technologies as well (i.e., HAMR, BPM, etc.). The increase of the amount of platters inside the Ultrastar He12 was not the only way to raise its capacity, as Western Digital also had to increase the areal density of each platter. The Ultrastar He12 with a 12 TB capacity featuring perpendicular magnetic recording technology has an areal density of 864 Gbit/inch2, whereas the Ultrastar He12 with 14 TB capacity and SMR technology has an areal density of around 1000 Gbit/inch2. Source

I would assume this is due to more people being home at the time , streaming music and videos. The later in the day, more people are on the network. Welcome to testmy.net forum

So they gave you the executive treatment I see All kidding aside, since it's been several days since the adjustment your DSL connection should be straightened out by now. Have you left the modem powered up constantly since then?

Testing any connection this way uses the allocated data. The data provided to your specific contract with the service provider. After the test is over, it's over. Therefore no choking of the connection. Now during the test procedure, it is recommended to eliminate all other sources of internal throughput, under normal tests.

I have seen some great results with these repeaters/ bridges as well as some networking issues, of which you would not likely run into in your current setup. As for the other devices, they should choose the strongest link as you move around if setup properly. The device has one wired port, which you could connect to the GBOX, which should be beneficial. Interested to see what you decide, and how it all works out.

Just for a comparison, and this is been out for at least 3 years: I may be off with this time frame. Dual-band with the latest 802.11ac 4x4 technology for maximum throughput (3167 Mbps) and extensive coverage https://www.asus.com/us/Networking/RT-AC3100/ None the less, here is the wiki in ac (beyond g/b/n) IEEE 802.11ac is a wireless networking standard in the 802.11 family (which is marketed under the brand name Wi-Fi), developed in the IEEE Standards Association process,[1] providing high-throughput wireless local area networks (WLANs) on the 5 GHz band.[1] The standard was developed from 2011 through 2013 and approved in January 2014.[1][2]

I can't seem to find the initial release date of the router hardware, however having 100Mbps ports explains in my opinion at least, the hardware itself is not industry standard in the last ~5+ years. As the standard today would be 1000Mbps They may have acquired an older lot and released it with proprietary firmware. This is not to say it is not functional, I have several in use myself. At the same token, were doing a lot more now as far as infrastructure and network engineering which this particular device in my opinion, could be creating a bottleneck. My point is this, by adding a range extender in the mix, the entire wireless network will still rely on the limitations of the hardware it sits on top of. Fiscally speaking, adding the initial cost of an extender, would not justify the difference in replacing the wireless hardware with something that does not require an extender, and as well is a bit future proof. Have you priced out and extender for this unit?

Before adding to a possible existing problem, ie the aged wifi router, I would first consider replacing it with something up to date.

Not being familiar with the GBOX GUI other than a few images after searching, I should have pre warned you of the possible effects, and what steps to take thereafter changing the channel may have had. Though adjustable setting in the GUI should be apparent, though using the small inset reset button which should be located on the back panel, where the ports and power are located, as a last resort. Have you gotten it back online yet?

You might try changing the channel, or frequency the wireless router itself broadcasts. Remembering the energy which emanates from the antenna is shaped as a torus, or a doughnut. Much like this image, where the antenna itself is in the center: As the antenna is moved, so goes the 'reach'. Keeping this in mind, you can 'project' the side of the 'doughnut' or torus towards the area which requires the highest signal strength. I would not imagine the wireless chip is old enough to have issues as you are mentioning. As it is b/g/n capable. Check settings for Tx/Rx or Transmit / Receive per antenna, some can be changed for one to transmit and one to receive, in this case, setting both and antenna to do both might be best, or not, experiment. What my previous post suggests, is to separate LAN or (Local Area Connection) networks, and dedicate one IP of a secondary subnet (192.168.1.1 and 192.168.2.1 = two different subnets) to the wireless network and the LAN, Which could help with traffic flow, as well as eliminate any possible QOS (Quality Of Service) and eliminate a proxy if the GBOX is using it's own routing, and causing a double NAT (Network Address Translation). Which causes a bottleneck, or a slowdown due to hardware / software limitations. If at any time you wish to discuss any of this further I would be happy to take it one step at a time with you.

What I would do first, is have a look within the Nexxt Nebula 300 Router and see if I could segregate the wireless and the wired subnets. Then either way, yes or no, I would assign a static IP to the GBOX, and open specific ports regarding what you want to do, or to keep it simple, use UPnp, that the static Ip (or static reservation) will be configured to automatically open and close required ports.

I'm working to understand the logic of comparing distance using wireless and wired. If I've even got an understanding at this point of what you are doing. Secondly, there could be double even triple natting going on here. The box could be acting as a proxy to get through the router. Which will torch throughput.

If I'm reading you correctly, your saying while Wired connection is active on the 'GBOX', the system achieves maxing out the network connection, yet when wireless is active, not so much, correct? As for the wireless chip, I'm not seeing your assumption. Is there a wireless strength meter available on the Matricom G-Box Q2? Have you rooted the device? (do not attempt it if you are not familiar with Linux command line) or if you have a warranty, it will be void.

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My feeble understanding of the way movies stream through such devices, is the data is transmitted in (possibly highly compressed) 'chunks', intermittently from various sources, much like a torrent. Therefore allowing more users to draw the same content seamlessly. Where the endpoint device "GBOX" puts the pieces back together before presenting the video. As I said, I won't claim to have much knowledge of the way this is achieved, but a basic understanding. I'm not so sure it's actually hardware which dictates the throughput, but more so the network configurations + software control features between the two source / endpoint.