Acronis 2019 backup speed 100x slower over wireless
I have a question for the more experienced Acronis users out there. Backing up using Acronis True Image 2019 to a Synology DS916 NAS using their version of RAID (SHR).
When backing up my laptop PC (Thinkpad running Windows 10) and it is wired to my LAN, I get backup speeds well in excess of 50MB/sec, and up to 80MB/sec. So backups are super fast.
But when I try to run the exact same backups over WiFi, the backup speeds drop by a factor of 100x. I never surpass 1MB/sec and and typically around 600KB/sec.
How is backing up via wireless that much slower? I expected maybe a 2-3x slowdown but not 100x. I have gigabit ethernet in the house and a Netgear R7000 wifi router that is supposed to have (upto) 1300Mbps speeds.
Do I have something configured incorrectly in my wireless router? I guess I can always make sure I do backups when connected to RJ45, but would be nice to be able to backup wirelessly once in a while.


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I have not noticed significant performance hit when backing via WIFI rather than Ethernet, either to the Acronis Cloud or to my NAS (like Steve I have a Synology NAS). I use an Asus RT-AC68U which is AC1900. Have you checked the QOS WIFI settings on your router as they may be depreciating the priority given to tasks such as creating backups.
If I recall my ancient HP Windows Tablet is only n rather than ac, and connects via a hotspot that is also only n, and it backed up both the NAS and Cloud at a reasonable rate (I have not used it since testing ATI 2016 so things could have changed).
Ian
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