Pinky

Here's my unscientific results from my wi-fi versus lan adapter tests.

I'm on FTTC 40/20 Plusnet.

Re-tested my pc connection from my usual speed test site and get what I normally get from http://www.speedtest.net/:

25mb down
5.7mb up

This is usual for my connection.

For purposes of this test though, I had to use http://www.goesussex...band-speed-test as it was the only non flash test that I found which gave reasonably consistent results from the Wii U browser and the PC.

It reports my pc as having:

9mb down
3.7mb up

I can't really explain the difference, it could well be that there is a big difference in hops/networks/latency for each test. Either way, both are consistent so obviously will use the goesussex one for my tests, despite it being much lower than what I get in reality.

I've hunted hard and it's very difficult to find a non flash speed test that is reliable or consistent to use with the wii u browser, sorry.

The firsts tests were done on wi-fi, 12 speed tests were performed and I omitted both the highest and the lowest then averaged the remaining 10. I then downloaded Trine 2 (582mb) from the e-shop and recorded how long it took:

2.38 down
1.066 up
39 mins

The tests were repeated over the lan adapter wired connection:

4.8 down
1.32 up
12 mins

One thing I noticed about downloading from the e-shop is that the download would slow down as it progressed. In essence. it starts really fast and by the time you are about 60%, it is much slower and stays slow until finished. You can tell this thanks to the new firmware as you can actually view how fast downloads are coming and also the estimated time of arrival. This slowdown over time happens on both wi-fi and wired. Nintendo servers? Most likely.

I also did the tests using a fixed IP/gateway etc but it made no difference at all to any of the wired tests, they were essentially the same.

If anyone can find me a decent non flash speed test that gives me an accurate result on my PC, I will happily re-test using that for the wii u. Unfortunately, using goesussex means that the actual numbers above are pretty meaningless apart from one thing - and that's the difference between the numbers. In that respect, it's probably an ok representation of the difference between wi-fi and wired on the wii u.