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[Jamiemilne]

Hi 

We got a hub 4 last week and I haven't seen speeds go above 945Mbps.

I tried https://samknows.com/realspeed/ today and it says that speed to the hub is 1136Mpbs which is what Virgin advertises. 

I purchased a CAT 8 ethernet cable which is for speeds up to 40Gbps to connect the hub 4 and the main pc. But still can't seem to get above the 945Mbps. 

Does anyone know why this is happening, it seems I am receiving the full speed from Virgin and have a cable capable of transferring that speed.

[RavenLunatic]

The hub 4 only supports 1Gb speeds via ethernet. To get the full speed you would need to run 2 downloads at once on different devices. 945Mbps is the max speed you will get from the Hub 4. This will change when the Hub5 comes out as it supports 2.5Gb.

[T0rNaDo69]

i am on 1gb and this is what i was on 200mb and what im now on 1gb. photo taken a  little while ago

[legacy1]

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@Jamiemilne wrote:

I purchased a CAT 8 ethernet cable which is for speeds up to 40Gbps to connect the hub 4 and the main pc. But still can't seem to get above the 945Mbps. 

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Why did VM give us 1Gb they should have set the limit to 900Mb.

[Jamiemilne]

so the hub 4 can receive speeds of 1136Mbps which the 'samknows' test stated but it can only output a max of 945Mbps to any ethernet connected device?

[Unknown67]

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@Jamiemilne wrote:

so the hub 4 can receive speeds of 1136Mbps which the 'samknows' test stated but it can only output a max of 945Mbps to any ethernet connected device?

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Correct. Well 1145Mbps to precise..

[Jamiemilne]

is that because the hub 4 is a WiFi 5 device?

Are WiFi 5 routers only capable of a max of 945Mbps over ethernet or is it specific to the hub 4?

Also disappointed that when I called to activate the hub 4 I asked the guy on the phone if it was a max of 945Mbps and he said no it would take 24 hours for the upgrade to 1 gig fibre to take effect but it should climb to over 1000Mbps

[Unknown67]

The Hub 4 only has 1 Gig ports with overheads that's about 945Mbits.My old laptop can only do about 450 Mbits over Ethernet so you must have a decent PC. My new desktop does 945Mbits. WiFi 5 maxes out about 550Mbits. Which my iPad does. My Mesh is Wi-Fi 6 with Ethernet back haul does 920Mbits to a S21 Ultra.. 

[Unknown67]

Sorry its WiFi 5..

[conman33158 · Accepted solution]

It wouldn't matter is you had 5000mb coming into the Hub 4 as the throughput on the other end is via 1gb ports achieving a maximum speed of 940-945mb. Wi-fi 5 also limits the speed to around 400mb-550mb. If your getting 945mb via Ethernet connection then your getting the best possible speed 🙂