Hardware download speeds

[Chicken0895]

Is it just me or are download speeds for the Switch absolutely garbage? I get like a fifth of my total internet speeds over Wifi (15Mbps down vs 80) so I picked up a usb c to Ethernet adapter. I figured Nintendo just used the cheapest possible Wifi chip when designing the Switch but Ethernet would be better.

With that I get a whopping quarter of my total internet speed (20 vs 80). This is (barely) an improvement but still less a third the speeds my desktop gets connected to the same network. Anytime I need to download anything (e-shop games, patch updates, etc.) it usually takes days at these speeds.

I've seen people say they get as high as 120Mbs. I'm guessing they have gigabit internet so a 90% speed hit still works out to 100Mbs+.

 

[Chaosta]

Is it just me or are download speeds for the Switch absolutely garbage? I get like a fifth of my total internet speeds over Wifi (15Mbps down vs 80) so I picked up a usb c to Ethernet adapter. I figured Nintendo just used the cheapest possible Wifi chip when designing the Switch but Ethernet would be better.

With that I get a whopping quarter of my total internet speed (20 vs 80). This is (barely) an improvement but still less a third the speeds my desktop gets connected to the same network. Anytime I need to download anything (e-shop games, patch updates, etc.) it usually takes days at these speeds.

I've seen people say they get as high as 120Mbs. I'm guessing they have gigabit internet so a 90% speed hit still works out to 100Mbs+.

some ppl use 90dns on emunand, which throttles connections. but as for ofw and not using 90dns, not sure. my switch dl speeds dont differ much from my pc.

 

[Draxzelex]

Is it just me or are download speeds for the Switch absolutely garbage? I get like a fifth of my total internet speeds over Wifi (15Mbps down vs 80) so I picked up a usb c to Ethernet adapter. I figured Nintendo just used the cheapest possible Wifi chip when designing the Switch but Ethernet would be better.

With that I get a whopping quarter of my total internet speed (20 vs 80). This is (barely) an improvement but still less a third the speeds my desktop gets connected to the same network. Anytime I need to download anything (e-shop games, patch updates, etc.) it usually takes days at these speeds.

I've seen people say they get as high as 120Mbs. I'm guessing they have gigabit internet so a 90% speed hit still works out to 100Mbs+.

The Switch's Wi-Fi card is pretty subpar. That's why I stick to USB installation.

 

[l7777]

As noted, the Switch WiFi can't do high throughput. I can get ~48 Mbps on the Switch WiFi while other devices can get 300 - 400 to my local server. With a wired network adapter I can get the switch up to ~400 Mbps to my local server.