Airport Express (2nd generation) slow speed over ethernet

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Airport Express (2nd generation) slow speed over ethernet

I have a high-speed internet just installed in my house and I was expecting airport express to handle it. However the speed I'm getting is nowhere near advertised. When I connect my computer straight to the ethernet cable from the modem I'm getting 250mb/s down, 50mb/s up just like provider promised. When I connect AE to the modem through the same cable and then I connect my computer to AE through ethernet, I only get 25mb/s down!!! Upload speed stays within the same range - 45-50 mb/s. Of course, wireless connection is the same - 25mb/s down over 5Ghz.

Obviously, I wasn't expecting all of 250 megs, but at least I was hoping to get 100mb/s down through wired connection.

Anyone else having the same issue? Is the speed of AE really maxed out to 25mb/s????

MacBook Pro, iOS 10.1

Posted on Nov 8, 2016 9:29 PM

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LaPastenague

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Nov 8, 2016 11:44 PM in response to korenusa

You won't get the full ethernet speed but say 80-90Mbps is possible. Something else is going on.

Make sure wireless is turned off in the express so absolutely nothing is sharing the bandwidth and make sure IPv6 is set to link-local only on both the computer and the Express.

At the same time the Express is a toy router.. it is for wireless extend and airplay and printer connections..

Buy a decent router with gigabit ports.. buy it now.. It is really worthwhile when you have 250Mbps download speed to have a router that can handle it.

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korenusa Author

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Nov 9, 2016 12:04 PM in response to LaPastenague

Yes, I know I need a new router. Just wanted to increase some speeds while getting new one.

I did everything just like you said, link only on both devices and turned of wifi, nothing changed. 25mb/s down but astonishing 50mb/s up((((

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Nov 9, 2016 1:05 PM in response to korenusa

Apple just don't have any diagnostics for the routers to help determine the issue..

Let me suggest changing the DNS value.. use google.. 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4

Is the Express actually in router mode?

What make and model is the supplied modem? (This won't apply to fibre to the home, in which case you will just have a fibre to ethernet converter).

We do sometimes see odd issues like faults in the route table caused by multiple paths.

You don't need an expensive router.. almost any AC wireless router with gigabit ports will work fine.

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