Why WiFi Ping Is Higher Than Ethernet on the Same Router — And When to Switch to Fix It (Windows 11)
You run a speed test on WiFi — 300 Mbps down, 50 Mbps up. You plug in an Ethernet cable to the same router, run the same test — 320 Mbps down, 50 Mbps up. The speeds are nearly identical. But the ping on WiFi shows 18–25 ms while Ethernet consistently sits at 3–5 ms….