Xbox one S game updating speed is ungodly slow

[grave raptor]

My Xbox one is updating a 41gb update at an alarmingly slow rate (500kb-1.5mb) and it’s driving be insane, I’ve put my Xbox into the setting where it uses overall more power and that’s done nothing, and I ain’t got the money for a series s or x.

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[naive stump]

If you run a speed test on say a PC and then run a speed test on your xbox and compare them.

[grave raptor]

I don’t have a pc

[naive stump]

I used a PC as an example it could be any device connected to the same network. You mentioned your download speed that could just be your download speed, What speed are you expecting you havent given any info on why thats an issue

[grave raptor]

Ah I see now, my brothers switch downloads games and operates overall way quicker than my Xbox and I’m expecting my Xbox to update a 41gb update on snowrunner in less than an hour or so

[naive stump]

Right but what speed does your brother get? You need to run a network test on your home network to work out if its the xbox or the network. Maybe your ISP is having issues could be 101 reasons

[grave raptor]

I’m not too sure how quickly it downloads but my Xbox used to never download this slow

Like 5 months ago it would update that 41gb in no time

[naive stump]

okay so you need to do what i mentioned if you run a speed test on your xbox and then a other device connected to the same network and compare them

https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/hardware-network/connect-network/xbox-one-connection-speed

[grave raptor]

I did a detailed network test thingy and here are the results
download speed
0.82 mbps

Upload speed
0.39 mbps

Packet loss
21%

MTU
1480

Latency
91 Ms

Wireless strength
100%

[grave raptor]

Ok

[naive stump]

okay now run a speed test on a other device connected to the same netwok and compare them if they are roughly the same then your network is just slow and you need to talk to your ISP or maybe thats just the speed you pay for.

If on the other device the speed is greatly increased you know its an xbox issue and can troubleshoot that

[grave raptor]

Would I be able to a speed test on my phone?

[naive stump]

any device that connected to the same network

[grave raptor]

Ok

[naive stump]

just open up your browser and go to a speed test such as (https://www.speedtest.net/). If your going to use your phone make sure its connected to your wifi when you run the test and not your cellar data

[grave raptor]

Ok sounds good

[grave raptor]

My phone is doing 227mbps

I did another one on another site, upload speed is 222 Mbps and latency is 41 Ms

My internet is a high level package and I can run “powerful” games on my phone no problem (iPhone 12)

[naive stump]

okay then it isn't an issue with your ISP looking at that test from your xbox the packet loss is quite high is your router on a different floor in your home to your xbox?

[grave raptor]

Same level but it’s in a different room

Has been in the same location for the past 4 years

Before that I did have the router in the same room as my Xbox and it was some good connection but I hadn’t had any problems until december 2024

[naive stump]

Things like walls, fridges headsets Bluetooth microwaves can interfere with the Wifi connection too your xbox.

I would advise to try a wired connection by moving your xbox to test to see if that helps with the speed. Or you could maybe look at a wifi booster or Network line that would let you use a wired connection in a other room.

You could also try putting your xbox into DMZ on your router but I would advise to talk to your ISP about that if your unsure what that is.

A other option would be to Change DNS settings to google or Cloudfare on your xbox

[grave raptor]

A month ago I did have my Xbox in the living room (where the router is) and tbh it didn’t really have an increase in performance. I was still lagging in games and update speed was only slightly faster than it was before

[naive stump]

Did you connect it wired?

[grave raptor]

no

[naive stump]

anyhow that was one out of quite a few options i mentioned. For what ever reason your xbox is getting a slow speed you will need to look into your network to look at why thats happening

[grave raptor]

I’ll take a look at DNS, see how that improves

If not I’ll tough it out and buy a series S

Probably about time to upgrade it is going to be 10 years old next year

[naive stump]

I would go though this https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/Hardware-Network/connect-network/xbox-one-wireless-connection

[grave raptor]

Ok

[grave raptor]

So what exactly does DNS do

[naive stump]

I would google that

[grave raptor]

Ok

[grave raptor]

Should I put in the google or the cloudfare?

[naive stump]

you can try either

8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 is google
1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1 is Cloudflare
the first number is the primary and the second number is the Secondary

[grave raptor]

I did the google

Testing the connection speed

Uhhh the performance is way worse

0.12 Mbps and upload speed is not available

[modest vessel]

Try a wired connection

[grave raptor]

Yeah probably should

@naive stump I did some screwing around with the settings, got it up to 4 Mbps for download speed and 5 Mbps for upload speed, it’s good enough for me until I can find a better solution