Ran some test this morning at home and I’m left puzzled

Test Roku Ultra and Firestick through Netflix speed test

Modem and Router in my bedroom. Router is a Netgear Nighthawk, 5G WiFi network

Test in bedroom:
Firestick via WiFi was pulling 95-100mbps
RoKu via WiFi was pulling 15-17 mbps
Roku via Ethernet was pulling same damn mbps of 15-17

Same Ethernet cable I connected to my computer and did speed test through Spectrum site
150-155mbps speed
WiFi speed was near 100mbps

So that tells me that it wasn’t Ethernet cable

Had no issue with Roku streaming (picture) but puzzled that the speeds are so much slower but also regardless of WiFi or Ethernet, speed was the same

Thoughts?

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Posted by Hulkklogan

Baton Rouge, LA

Member since Oct 2010

43309 posts

Posted on 12/9/18 at 12:41 pm to lsusaint86

My thoughts.... You're overthinking it.
Does your stream buffer, pause, or stop? No? You're good. You won't see an increase in quality with an increase in bandwidth. You're either getting 1080p or 4K or you're not.

If you were having trouble with streaming then I'd suggest replacing the Roku. Small streaming devices typically have crappy NICs.

This post was edited on 12/9/18 at 12:43 pm

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Posted by FCP

Delta State Univ. - Fightin' Okra

Member since Sep 2010

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Posted on 12/9/18 at 4:42 pm to lsusaint86

quote:
Thoughts?

Netflix’s speed test is crap. Numbers all over the place. Use SpeedTest.net for accurate readings. Otherwise, as posted above, you’re not going to notice a significant difference between WiFi and Ethernet—especially if you’re using 5.0Mhz.

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