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Ethernet speeds unusually low on downstream, but not upstream

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theLemur

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Jan 6, 2008
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At first I thought something was wrong with AT&T Fiber, I was getting 650 down and 950 up. I had the same service at my previous home and got 950 down and 950 up, so I felt the computer (late 2013 retina MBP) couldn't be the issue. I recently switched to google fiber and I still get the 650 down and 950 up, and we tested another computer on the network which got 950 down and up. So now I'm left to assume there is a hardware or software problem with the MBP.

Any ideas? I'd prefer to do a total reinstall, but that's my last resort..
 
Have you tried the basics like changing the Ethernet cable and cleaning the port?
 
Gav2k said:
Have you tried the basics like changing the Ethernet cable and cleaning the port?
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I did, but we were able to get the full speeds with the same cable. The only thing different in the equation is the computer (my MBP) and the thunderbolt dongle
 
So I just got FIOS gigabyte service installed, and I am having a similar issue with low download speeds on my MBP (2010 model). I can only get around 200 down and 350 up over Ethernet, which is terrible considering what it should be. I wonder if there is some hardware limitation?
 
rockstarjoe said:
So I just got FIOS gigabyte service installed, and I am having a similar issue with low download speeds on my MBP (2010 model). I can only get around 200 down and 350 up over Ethernet, which is terrible considering what it should be. I wonder if there is some hardware limitation?
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I wish I could get those speeds, especially the upload! Stupid Xfinity cable. 200 Mbps down, 11 Mbps up.
 
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My question would be what are you using to test the speeds? There are so many variables brought into play especially when downloading from the internet.

Gav2k said:
Have you tried the basics like changing the Ethernet cable and cleaning the port?
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It would be highly unlikely that this would affect uploads and not downloads. Theoretically it's possible but I've never seen it in the field.

My other question would be, is this issue even affecting you?
 
Google "OS/X MTU networksetup". You probably need to change the network packet mtu size.
 
This is one of those play with the setting until you are happy with it type of things. Make sure you are setting using sudo/root privileges to make it stick
 
Speedtest by Ookla is the best way to test your down/up speed. It's in the App Store.
 
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