mac mini wired internet download speed

- How are you measuring speed?

- Yes, the Ethernet port on the Mac is Gigibit. That requires CAT 6 or better cable and it uses all six conductors in the cable.

However, typically devices can output Gigibit speeds such as HD read and wrote speed. If yo Mini has a rotating HD that is slow.

I Need the Mac Mini Specs.

(Just the Ram, the Processor speed, the type of drive.)

CAT5 supports gigibit speed.

I have no ideal why you can't get about the same sped as your PC. You wil not get gigabit since your intern connection is not gigigbit.

Did you run the PS and Mac speed tests ne after the other? If ran at very different times that coudd account for the difference.

Go to System Preferences > Network > Ethernet > Advanced... > Hardware tab

By default, the Configure option will be set to "Automatically." Is it in your case? If so, what is listed after Speed, Duplex, & MTU?

Ok, this will be your "baseline" settings.

I would like for you to try the following, in order, and test the results. After testing, return the configuration back to the baseline:

• Change Configure to: Manually (you don't need to return back to the baseline after this step)
• Change Duplex to: full-duplex
• Change Duplex to: full-duplex, energy-efficient-ethernet
• Change Duplex to: full-duplex, flow-control, energy-efficient-ethernet
• Change Speed to: autoselect
• Change Speed to: 100baseTX
• Change MTU to: Jumbo (9000)
• Disable "AVB/EAV Mode"

To rule out the Mac mini's Ethernet card, are you able to test data transfer rates between it and another device on the local network, bypassing the router altogether? I would suspect that you should get near full Gigabit speeds this way. If not, then there is a good chance that the internal card is faulty.

To measure data throughput on your local network between two devices will require that you use software on both ends. iPerf is typically used for this but requires knowledge on both using it and its Terminal commands. A simpler way would be to use a utility that has a graphical user interface. There are numerous ones out there, but one you can try (& is free) is TamoSoft Throughput Test.

This test software comprises of both a server and client version. You will need both to run the tests.

• Start by downloading the software from the above link.
• Install the client on your primary computer, and the server on the other computer on your network that you want to test the Ethernet connection to.
• Start the server software: TTServer
  • Leave the default port setting.
  • The server will now be in listening mode.
  • Note the IP address in the bottom window of the server. This will be the address that you will connect the client to.
• Start the client software: TTClient
  • Enter the server's IP address in the "Server IP or IPv6 address" field.
  • Click on Connect.
  • After a short while the two applications will connect and start providing data throughput results.
  • You should see data transfer throughput results for both the UDP & TCP IP protocols across the connection in Mbps.
  • For Gigabit Ethernet, UDP should be nearly 1000 Mbps, TCP slightly less. The Loss values should be a very low percentage.