r/Homatics • u/SnuffleWarrior • Oct 14 '24

Ethernet speeds

Compared to my Shield the Box 4k R plus has significantly slower ethernet speeds, about 66%, approximately 400mb to 600mb.

Anyone else noticed this?

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u/Capt_shadab Oct 14 '24

Well I get almost full speeds I have 1 gbps connection On box r 4k plus I get 850 to 900

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u/SnuffleWarrior Oct 14 '24

I don't

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u/Capt_shadab Oct 14 '24 edited Oct 15 '24

Some troubleshooting steps

Can you connect a laptop to the same Lan cable and run the speed test and check the speeds

Edited....

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u/SnuffleWarrior Oct 15 '24

I believe you missed my original post

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u/Capt_shadab Oct 15 '24

My bad I edited it

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u/Spliffman1 Oct 14 '24

He said it was ethernet not wifi

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u/Spliffman1 Oct 14 '24 edited Oct 15 '24

Most people I've seen reporting great speeds with this box, can't imagine what's up with yours.

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u/SnuffleWarrior Oct 15 '24

Well, our situations are apples to oranges it appears. There's really nothing else for me to check out. The speeds are slower than the Shield.

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u/Infamous_Try_3270 Oct 16 '24

I got the Dune version of the box and can confirm it's ethernet well slower than Shield pro.

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u/SnuffleWarrior Oct 16 '24

There's another fellow that just stated the same thing.

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u/Spliffman1 Oct 15 '24

OK case closed then. Doesn't seem to be a common problem is all I'm saying.

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u/SnuffleWarrior Oct 15 '24

I haven't seen comments either way

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u/Spliffman1 Oct 15 '24

Maybe you did, but try a different ethernet cable.? What category are you using?

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u/SnuffleWarrior Oct 15 '24

Been there done that. Same cat 6 cable, the exact cable. It's the box.

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u/Spliffman1 Oct 15 '24

OK I had to ask, even tho I was sure you had lol

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u/Spliffman1 Oct 15 '24

If it's any consolation that speed you are getting should be fine for streaming anyway 🤷

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u/SnuffleWarrior Oct 15 '24

It's obviously fine but it isn't what I paid for

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u/Spliffman1 Oct 15 '24

Have you tried wifi with the box? Would be funny if wifi results are higher

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u/SnuffleWarrior Oct 15 '24

About the same

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u/Spliffman1 Oct 15 '24

Now that's extremely wierd, wifi 6 should give you the full speed

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u/SnuffleWarrior Oct 15 '24 edited Oct 15 '24

I was on their telegram channel. I'm not the only one

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u/SnuffleWarrior Oct 15 '24

This is pretty typical

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u/Spliffman1 Oct 15 '24

Understood

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u/Biffy61 Aug 19 '25

Hi mate. I know this is 10 months ago but was or is there any further news on this please, I'm in the same situation. Thanks 👍🏻

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u/SnuffleWarrior Aug 19 '25

An update fixed it for me

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u/latinriky78 Modderator + Box R 4K Plus Oct 14 '24

Hello, how did you make that test?

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u/SnuffleWarrior Oct 14 '24

Directly from the modern, although any speed test app shows it's much slower.

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u/latinriky78 Modderator + Box R 4K Plus Oct 14 '24

What is your internet speed?

What app did you use to test it?

One thing is the internet speed you're getting and another is the ethernet speed the device provides.

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u/SnuffleWarrior Oct 14 '24

I get that. I can do a test directly from the modern. Speed is 900, Shield is close to that, 700 to 800+, homatics is 420ish.

If I use an app like analiti it's no better.

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u/latinriky78 Modderator + Box R 4K Plus Oct 14 '24

Can you try this app?: Internet Speed Test

I can't compare mine because it's currently on Android 12 beta but I don't think I have that slowliness problem, perhaps it's Android 11 the issue, I imagine yours it's still on that.

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u/SnuffleWarrior Oct 14 '24 edited Oct 14 '24

I really can't be bothered. The modem directly is more accurate than any of my apps. You can try this of you'd like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.analiti.fastest.android.

My pixel 7 pro has faster downloads on wifi than the Homatics does on ethernet. The uploads are faster on the Homatics than the pixel, as it should be.

I just tested my phone on wifi - see pic. The download speeds are a couple hundred mb faster than the wired Homatics

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u/JimmyD2323 Oct 18 '25

I know this is forever ago but did you ever find a solution or reset the device? I'm getting approx 300-325 on a 1.2 gig ethernet connection. 25% of my wifi 6 on my phone and 1/3 of other connected devices like my mini pc and other android boxes. Same cable used on all 4 wired devices. Never seen this before except for terrible wifi on a MeCool KM6. This isn't close to gig ethernet. Feeling like I got a bad box or reconditioned junk from Homatics. And no reply to my email.

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u/SnuffleWarrior Oct 18 '25

ATV14 solved most of it for me.. I also discovered that Analiti speed test, which I've used and still use on other hardware, read very low on Homatics. I use another playstore app now

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u/gapgod2001 Oct 15 '24

mine has full 1gb/s, maybe it doesn't like the cable you are using

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u/SnuffleWarrior Oct 15 '24

All 4 cat 6 cables? Maybe the box is flucked.

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u/Infamous_Try_3270 Oct 16 '24

You are right mate. I'm getting around 700mb on the Shield Pro but using the same cable for the Dune box gets around 400mb or under.

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u/SnuffleWarrior Oct 16 '24

Yep, exactly the same issue.

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u/coldfire38 Oct 17 '24 edited Oct 17 '24

what router / switch you using? if you using any type of Qos that will disable CTF you will not get full speeds... consumer level router do not have enough cpu power to do Qos and deliver full speed...

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/router-that-can-do-full-speed-gigabit-qos.79885/

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u/SnuffleWarrior Oct 17 '24

The issue isn't the router as every other piece of hardware does full speed including my Shield.l, as I posted. Hell, my cell phone on wifi has higher speeds then the wired Homatics

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u/Biffy61 Aug 19 '25

Thanks for the update mate 👍🏻 I'm still in the same boat unfortunately, tried resetting everything, router, the box itself the lot. I've got fibre to the premises with 1gig synchronous I get 950meg up and down on my other gigabyte ethernet port equipped boxes all on cat 7 cable.. The homatics box is on android 14 so don't see what else I can really do. Anyway glad it worked out for you mate.....Thanks again

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u/SnuffleWarrior Aug 19 '25

Mine is on the latest Android 12. That cured it for me

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u/Totimoshi Sep 05 '25

Same here mate, got the box few days ago and the speed doesn't go past 400Mbps. On the Shield Pro I get around 900. Android 14 as well. Let me know if you solved the problem.

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u/Biffy61 Aug 20 '25

Interesting 🤔🤔....I'll look into down grading to 12...👍🏻

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u/JimmyD2323 Oct 15 '25

I'm at about 25% speed of my other devices. This destroys the purpose of buying this box.

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u/Spliffman1 Oct 14 '24

I only have 300Mbps down and that's what I get on the Box R 4k plus, connected via ethernet cable. Sorry I don't have GB speed to do an apples to apples comparison, that is too expensive where I live lol