Wifi beating LAN???

[hovenas]

I have a macbook pro that is connected to internet via Wifi - Dovado 4GR router - 4G modem (USB).
It is great, about 45mb/s down around8-10 down and 25 in latency.

Now, My pc (Win7 64) is hooked up via Ethernet to Dovado but it shows:
30 Mb/s down, 4-5 up and around 80 in latency.

In my world, cable should beat wifi consistently but apparently not in my case. Anyone able to clue me in before I lose my mind???

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Are these Speedtest.net results? If so, are they using the same server? I've seen significant differences between servers, even within the same city.

 

[postmortemIA]

45MB/s on (assuming) 11n is better than I have ever heard of. I'm not sure if it is even theoretically possible. Or you mean 45Mbps?

Ethernet can be slow, if wiring is bad.

 

[Douglaster]

You wires are damaged for sure.

No way wifi can beat cable in any class.

 

[Railgun]

No way wifi can beat cable in any class.

I'd qualify that better.

11n vs 10 base T...guess who wins.

 

[Blain]

Copper is King, check your wiring.

 

[kevnich2]

Gotta compare apples to apples. Hook your macbook to ethernet and turn off wifi and try speedtest again. Win7 has a bunch of tcp auto tuning that is different than mac. Affects mainly speedtest results