Wifi in OSX works slowly than Bootcamp

Hi, since the difference is only a difference of an order of magnitude of 2, it is not easy to judge of any issues, especially since your windows wifi speed is limited by your bandwidth.

In order to determine if there really is an issue (though 200Mbps is not that bad either), you need to do "wifi throughput speed tests", which measure LAN speeds, rather than "bandwidth speed tests". Some internet provider routers have the option to do so (in France for ex, the Freebox V6 can do it), and if not, you would need to install a throughput utility on each OS, though it is going to be a pain for you to have to find and install one for OS X and one for Windows.

If you really want to find out, make more speed tests, and if the same numbers keep coming, make throughput tests.

Cheers

James

Here are some troubleshooting tips for you: http://osxdaily.com/2015/10/16/fix-wi-fi-problems-mac-os-x-el-capitan/

Layout wrote:

Do you know if there's some issue/incompatibility to check on OSX side?

It's not an OSX issue…

What I find strange is the large difference in your download and upload speeds. Many providers have changed to identical DL & UL speeds although some still have upload speeds that are half the download speed. I wasn't aware there are some where the download speed is 16 times the upload speed.

dialabrain wrote:

What I find strange is the large difference in your download and upload speeds. Many providers have changed to identical DL & UL speeds although some still have upload speeds that are half the download speed. I wasn't aware there are some where the download speed is 16 times the upload speed.

That is not uncommon: 'old-fashioned' cable connections (i.e. non-fiber ones) are usually asymmetric. Mine is 200/20.

Well, I learned something. 😎

FWIW, both are slower than they should be. Are you running an AV program on your Mac?

If it was a local file transfer then I might suspect the fact that the Mac Finder is notoriously inefficient compared to Windows, however in this case we are only looking at Internet speed testing and yes in theory one might expect similar results.

I don't think it will apply here but Apple specifically prevent using 'wide' channels over 2.4GHz WiFi. Some Windows vendors do allow using wide channels on 2.4GHz. As there are only three non-overlapping channels on 2.4GHz it is considered anti-social behaviour to try and use two of those three at the same time. WiFi on 5GHz has a lot more available channels so using two of them to make a 'wide' channel is allowed and is supported by Apple.

The most likely issue here is how efficient OS X itself is, or Adobe Flash on OS X or the web-browser being used on OS X. It would appear at least one of these is slower than the equivalent on Windows. It would be worth trying an alternative web-browser on the Mac and to make sure it is up-to-date.

PS. Here in the UK alleged Fibre Internet services like BT Infinity and Virgin Media Fibre broadband aka. Vivid are not real fibre-optic connections, the BT Infinity product is overwhelmingly delivered via 'ye olde' twisted pair using VDSL, and Virgin Media Vivid is delivered via Coax cable using the DOCSIS standard. Ironically even though Virgin Media 'claim' to have a superior system because they use DOCSIS and coax cable and can indeed deliver a significantly faster download speed they actually give you a slower upload speed than even standard ADSL Max. It is also sadly common in the UK that many genuine Fibre to the home services are still asymmetric - presuming you are one of the minute handful of people able to get it.