I was on the phone with a buddy trying to troubleshoot Local file transfer speeds vs Speedtest results.
Speedtest kept reporting 100Mb/s range speeds (the tier he was paying for). Local file transfers however were stuck in the 1MB/s range.
After some questions and troubleshooting he discovered that he had used a 10Mb/s hub instead of a 1Gb/s switch that was sitting right next to it. A simple mixup.
His internet connection was also plugged into that same 10Mb/s hub.
There is NO WAY his PC could have reported 100Mb/s to speedtest.
Speedtest kept reporting 100Mb/s range speeds (the tier he was paying for). Local file transfers however were stuck in the 1MB/s range.
After some questions and troubleshooting he discovered that he had used a 10Mb/s hub instead of a 1Gb/s switch that was sitting right next to it. A simple mixup.
His internet connection was also plugged into that same 10Mb/s hub.
There is NO WAY his PC could have reported 100Mb/s to speedtest.
Do not trust them for accurate results.