How to Improve Your Switch's Internet Easily - Switch Basics

[@threebedrooms1076]

yes, in england, we pronounce it ‘rooter’. hilarious, i know..

[@pim1943]

But isn't it the Brits that pronounce the word route properly, and the Americans that say root? (route as in a way or course taken in getting from a starting point to a destination.)

[@ShadowCorgo]

What's hilarious is when Americans try to correct a Brit. It's fine to have your own way of saying things but when you're trying to correct the people who created the language, it's a bit stupid. When someone makes a game and people change the rules around to have a bit of fun it's okay. What's not okay is when the people who changed the rules around start saying that their rules are the official way of playing the game and say that the base rules, the ones that the creator made, are wrong, it's just stupid. Now I don't see many Brits correcting Americans but I do see alot of Americans correcting Brits. American pronounciations are fine, but don't make jokes about the original way the words are supposed to be spelled and pronounced.

[@Ray03595]

Route-Some Americans say "root", some say "rowt", depends on where you are in the states. Router- pronouncing it "rowter" is a nationwide thing. @Joseph Mateo Nobody is making fun of brits or saying they are wrong, who even did that. if anything Brits enter endless debates with Americans about football vs soccer, to the point it's ridiculous. Either way, who cares. When a language migrates even to a different state/district/province it's bound to change.

[@ShadowCorgo]

Ray03595 "Rooter lol making me laugh" "Rooter" "Rootuh" "Hehe rooter" "Rooter. I love a good Rooter." "ROOTER" Some of the comments on this video. Well then it may only happen to me, but it is very common to see or hear. Yes, there are variations of languages. There are many dialects of the languages. However, the changes between British English and American English is too small to have been worth changing. Again, it's fine to have the differences, but it's extremely annoying when people will do things like make fun of the others. Like you said, Soccer and Football. There was no need for people to start going "hehe rooter" and whatnot but they did, which is annoying. In a different language I might pronounce things wrong which sounds funny and will evoke a laugh which is understandable. What's wrong is the pronounciations easily being the same thing and understood yet being made fun of anyway.

[@thelegitpotato5506]

Joseph Mateo Dude I’ve never seen an American correct a Brit, only vise versa. I guess both sides do this.

[@Nintendrew]

Glorb bless you, Alex - raised my download from 10 to 13 Mb down

[@wilddoge9091]

Nintendrew famous person omg

[@benpreston7962]

Do you comment on all the videos I watch?

[@dravindowney401]

Nintendrew!

[@SlayingMantis676]

Same here, I guess Nintendo throttles their band width. Funny I have a 400 Mbps download service with 35 Mbps upload, and on my switch the maximum I can get is 14.2 Mbps download and 8 Mbps upload. Wired connection, obviously due to the limitations of USB 2.0, is no better with an adapter. The good thing is that the games aren't really huge to download, thankfully my Xbox one X even wirelessly gets nearly 300 Mbps download. I guess it's all relative, if I got the kind of speed that I did on my switch on my Xbox or PlayStation there wouldn't be enough time in the day to download even a single AAA title, LOL.

[@julianwarren8059]

@@SlayingMantis676 have you tried the USB 3.0 port on the back on the dock?

[@ronygames5100]

The real problem is Finding the network.... usually it's pretty poor at detecting wifi around you

[@memezeiru1462]

My switch detect others wifi fine, but to connect is a fucking headache.. Only does when he want it.

[@pnut3844able]

Mine works fine around it but as soon as I get upstairs to my room it loses it

[@MoonCapri]

@@pnut3844able Yeah its doing the same for me

[@Thesusoperator]

MoonCapri use wifi extender?

[@glados4313]

@@Nohraz but look at the exclusives !

[@ameberlan]

For those wondering, MTU stands for Maximum Transmission Unit. Your internet sends data in packets, and the MTU essentially more or less defines the packet size. Raising it means more data is sent for each request at one time, raising download speeds, but you only want to push it as high as your router supports. Pushing the MTU BEYOND what your internet and hardware determines as the cap can create packets too big for the transmission, causing packets to drop (most common result of a too high MTU, creating choppy internet) or the system unable to break them down rapidly enough (software lag).

[@yb10103]

Andrew Eberlan thx cause I was about to ask why can’t I just put it to 9999

[@ML-pw7pl]

@Skratch Rapture Just like the man that ate too many chicken nuggets. Test the limits.

[@JRBowling1997]

Does it help for games to?

[@ameberlan]

Sorry guys, my KZbin isn't the best about notifying me for comments and I just got the more recent one. Easiest way to explain it, is think like youre shipping 3 items in separate boxes, but decide to ship it all in ONE box to save shipping costs (data wise, having to send multiple packets for one file slows it down, but also decreases latency, while larger packets result in faster speeds, but slightly higher latency or processing times). So you get the biggest box that will fit all three. This box will hit 3 different distribution centers on the way to the destination (your ISP). Let's say the all encompassing box weighs 1500 Oz (coincidentally, 1500 is the maximum MTU setting). Your mail carrier (in this analogy, your home router to your ISP) supports boxes this size and ships it. Distribution center 1 (the next hop router, en route to your ISP) also supports boxes this size and it continues. However, distribution center 2 DOESN'T support boxes greater than 1480 Oz (another common MTU, 1480 bytes) and has to take the time to break the big box down into 2 separate boxes, with one of your boxes in one, and the other two in a second larger box (called packet fragmentation) and it takes time to do this. So now you have a fragmented box (packet) in two pieces, and it won't get recombined until it gets to your ISP where they have to do everything in reverse to send your reply packets. The goal with tweaking your MTU is to get it as high as possible where it doesn't have to fragmented, but also making sure your latency doesn't get unacceptably high for your current internet connection. There's ways to do this. Best bet is to Google "MTU ping test" without the quotes. You'll need a computer capable of running pings, and access to your routers admin interface because you'll want to change your switch to match or be below your routers setting. Keep in mind all of your home devices will have their own MTU setting for how they communicate so you want your router to match the highest of them all without risking packets breaking up along the way, or latency getting unacceptably high.

[@ameberlan]

@@ML-pw7pl more or less😅

[@tiger-dq7kk]

That Wii music in the background :)

[@shawnaaldstadt7440]

Good music

[@eee9266]

I almost cried because of how fast the time went down

[@lemonbeverage]

FINALLY I've been having fucking shit connection in my room even though I have great wifi

[@user-zo5ju8sy6l]

same bro

[@olivercox2565]

This trick won't help you guys. It's purely to increase data transfer speeds a LITTLE bit. It will not affect the strength of your connection in any way.

[@Jona69]

Well in that case this will barely make a difference.

[@benschram]

Just throwing my suggestion into the ring, would a ethernet to USB adapter for the switch help. It's not in handheld mode but at least docked it should. Provided that you can or already have ethernet to your router from your room.

[@olivercox2565]

CerberusDarkone the switch's wifi card is known to be crap. All my devices connect fine to wifi but the switch has to literally sit right next to the router for a constant connection. It's not the dock. The switch wifi sucks.

[@squidonglitter2320]

HOLY **** my internet download and upload speed increased about 3X after doing this! Thanks for saving my life!

[@titochar3096]

My switch can't even detect my wifi but, it can somehow detect everyone elses.

[@Openreality]

TitoChar My Super 2ds is like that. I think we need to talk to tech support, im not too worried because I doubt that the 2ds/3ds lineup is going to be supported after this year.

[@palmyng]

Change youre security on youre rooter just search on internet i don't remenber but I think you need ti switch to wpe

[@palmyng]

It works for me

[@brendan9734]

Switch doesn't support 5G wifi signals.

[@macho5986]

EpicFaceless Yes it does. It works with mine.

[@CJ-sm1gm]

OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH it was at 3 hours and now it’s at 40 minutes thank you so freaking much

[@TheWilMeister]

My download speed was abysmal, and I googled and found this video. It legit changed from 3.5 mbps to 11.6 mbps in seconds. Wow. Thanks a ton :)

[@TheAlex3839]

*Gets xfinity gigabyte plan Switch says na fam to much power. Here is 23mb enjoy After this tutorial Ah i see you got tech pro. Well played. Here is 6mb more

[@tianarmas1665]

Have you guys already defeated the divine beast Vah Router?

[@alexshaputis3230]

@Capybqra best comments on here

[@morepikacraftyt4871]

calamity internet

[@spicasusl3]

My bedroom: 1 bar. RIGHT 5555ING NEXT TO THE ROUTER: 1 bar.

[@konscole1155]

Yo facts

[@nsxzlaz8569]

Thats how the switch works

[@GiorgioPremi]

It is not always true that 1500 will improve your internet speed, because there are other technical things behind the scene. When using a value between 1400 and 1500, fragmentation of internet packets may happens, and when it does the connection speed will drop significantly. The real maximum MTU may be 1400, 1420, 1492, 1500 and in rare case other value depending on your setup. That's why Nintendo put 1400 as default. If increasing the value to 1500 will slow you down, experiment with the values in between. And check your router settings ;)

[@zackanderson3521]

This made a world of a difference in smash online. Thank you very much for the advice and Gods be praised

[@TeriyakiDior]

RIP... MY INTERNET STILL SHIT

17thsuspect but 1% less shit

[@plan8067]

Might be better to specify that you are improving download speed. This doesn't exactly improve its internet capabilities. All this will do is help with things that requires/benefits from a higher packet size so online gaming and video streaming (under normal circumstances, maybe HD streaming could see a difference) will not be affected.

[@FoxFandango]

Thank you Alex. By using this technique I was able to download such enormous quantities of Mbps I ended up just tossing caution to the wind and downloaded the whole internet.

[@saurisco338]

It happened to me too, so now I have to uninstall the whole internet 🤕 it's taking way too long! 🥵

[@melloe]

Wish I had seen this before last night when it was taking forever to download rocket league

[@Perneel]

I noticed terrible unstable connection on my switch even with a 5 bars connection. I googled, i found this, applied it and hallelujah, this changed so much! Speed for the up and download increased by atleast factor 3 and a much more stable connection. Thanks a lot for sharing this solution!!

[@AnimalTruk]

*Rooter*

[@retinas2001]

That's correct, there is more than one accent.

[@perplex611]

Well done, you can hear

[@ElementalVisionsX]

Thank you so much ! My daughter has been '"grumping" about this problem for months so decided to search for help in the end and voila, you turned up and changed dark to light in a few seconds, thanks again ! :)

[@Caolan114]

Any downsides to this? Why was it set to 1400 to begin with and not the stronger 1500 by default? Why not 1600 or more? does this work with all consoles? ANSWER ME!

[@teriinekoyama1369]

I have no idea who set that at default over at Nintendo, but they need to send that person to get a Network+ (or equivalent) certification; 1500 MTU is the standard for all networking equipment. There's no reason to go over 1500 MTU for this kind of stuff in the first place. It's not like we're transferring storage data over the network.

[@jasonclifford2]

VPN's... That is why the default is 1400. If you have any packet encapsulation it increases the size of the packet. Also, because the MTU is set to a different size...that is a MAX setting not really what the device will send. It really depends on how the data is streamed out the network device. So all packets aren't 1400 MTU or even 1500 if you set it.

[@tristanweide]

It's because a faster send/receive strains the system more (which causes occasional dropped frames and more battery drain). The nintendo servers send pretty compact information for online play and downloads, so a faster speed is not needed unless you are downloading a lot of stuff or are trying to improve your online receive rate for games that require lots of data reception (like multiplayer doom). This is usually only problem for handheld consoles, as normal ones don't have batteries and have better performance. You can change it for the 3DS in the internet settings like the Switch. If you have a PS Vita, it automatically lowers the MTU for battery saving. You can't manually change the number, but you can change it to it's Max setting for MTU by going under battery saving and turning off "Use Wifi in power saving mode" (The phrase is a bit misleading, turning it on limits wifi to save power. Wifi is always used when you put the system into power saving mode, this setting just gives it a longer battery life in idle state by limiting the connection 24/7) If you have any other questions feel free to reply and ask.

[@komodot9249]

Short version the internet doesn't send you one complete file instead it sends you it in multiple packages. By increasing the MTU you increase the amount of data per package so you will have faster install times ,but can cause performance issues when gaming(cause more for the CPU to handle at one time). 1500 is the protocol standard and putting the mtu over that can cause data corruption cause the router is not designed to deal with that much information and it will either not get the data and send a error to the server or split it into multiple smaller packets which can cause the data to be corrupted. This is why you can not put the mtu over 1500. Here's what I say raise it to 1500 when docked and only when installing something and lower it to 1400 for the best results for online gaming or when in portable mode this can help save yourself from draining your battery and from perform issues online.

[@komodot9249]

Venus Blackcurrant your welcome

[@mzampell]

Thank you. It is that kind of technical detail that really helps. Now that annoying orange loading screen on the eShop only last a couple seconds.

[@veator7340]

it actually worked, from 30hrs to 5hrs, thanks man!

[@N0AHVEGA]

Alex always has the best paintings in the back!

[@zetacod3]

This can actually cause issues with certain games and even cause your downloads to not work depending on your ISP. It's best for the average user to just leave it at 1400. If not you may have to go back and forth for certain situations...

[@Reyn_the_Insane]

Rootuh

[@MarkyMarc413]

Halo there!

[@Fuggettabouttitt]

Reyn the Insane thank you for beating me to it.

[@Cynt3r]

FUS ROO TUH

[@Fuggettabouttitt]

yis bou it damn well better be from here on out.

[@gerardoaguilar6933]

Ruta

[@partyharry7585]

Thank you it really helps when I had to redownload everything back when I got a new SD Card

[@ssssniperwolf_1233]

My sd card works but my switch doesn't let me download most of my games 😢

[@jbivphotography]

Thanks a bunch. This did help a bit. But sadly the Switch still gets horrible wifi speeds and I can't understand why. I have 200mbps internet and the Switch is barley getting 20. 😩😩😩

[@apricity316]

Same

[@draxxthemsclounts2478]

thank you so much. I had a bad experience where I bought a fake micro SD card. It had a fast read but corrupted data. I then bought an expensive SD card with a slower read. I was able to re-download small games in minutes, but then I found myself waiting hours for indie games. I tried to download the GTA Trilogy game which takes each game individually, so I was downloading Vice City. It gave me a 32 hour time to download it. then I looked up ways to shorten it. I watched this video and changed that varient. it's a four hour long download now. thank you.

[@adrianjimenez3887]

dude youre the man! this actually fixed it!

[@blankstatement1]

I love small bits of info like this to better my Switch. Thanks a lot man THUMBS UP

[@benschram]

The reason why many devices have an MTU set to or around 1400 is for compatability reasons mostly. Some routers especially networks that have a proxy or some sort of portal gateway can cause connectivity issues when the MTU is too high.

[@ranmouri5648]

Happy New Year Alex, more lovely people will watch your channel this year too!

[@itslimits1]

This is insane! I was struggling to get one bars now it’s three!!!

[@JimmyMadzCFC]

I had a half an hour long download for a game, then it changed to 11 minutes after doing this, thank you so much!

[@fluffyplayery3017]

Thanks mate, you've changed my life!

[@thundertuck575]

Most helpful video I’ve seen in a while

[@waffles05]

Definitely going to try this! Thank you!

[@rileyb2205]

It knocked off a whole hour on mine thanks for the help. I also had some other help from other videos but this worked the best

[@Unrruly]

Thank you all the other videos I watched didn’t work but this one did

[@fryys118]

I enjoy this channel more than most other switch related channels cuz Alex doesn't have to rely on spoilers or reviews to make good content

[@Namnam54]

HOLY MOLY! I had an estimated download time at 24 hours, it took a few hours to get 10% and I tried this. I kid you now, it went down to 20 minutes and finished in that time. I dunno, but I think changing this setting loosened it up or something. Nevertheless, thanks a TON!

[@4arms4life]

Thank you so much! I had to keep moving closer to the router to download something or play online until watching this.

[@4nthonylol]

Holy crap, thank you Alex. I literally was looking at, and I kid you not, something like a 30 hour download. I thought this absurd, and all my downloads were dead slow. I don't have a bad internet connection by any means, and doing this took it down to a 45 minuet download. I don't expect everyone to have this radical of a change, but hey...

[@Fyurii]

My switch wifi wasnt letting me play smash online, but this fixed it. Thanks!

[@noobz4hire290]

I’m downloading LA Noire (3hour+) and it knocked it down a good 40 minuets. Thanks Nintendo Life!

[@Imora]

Even though i dont have any issues with it it will help on download speeds so thanks man mine is already stable on splatoon and stuff though

[@TomRogersComics]

Thanks, mate! Really useful info presented in a clear manner. Hope this li'l comment helps with KZbin engagement stats (which I'm sure are doing great regardless). Love the channel!

[@middysart]

This just saved my life, thank you 😂

[@puncakebrogt3868]

thanks man I appreciate the help, this tip/information really improved my gameplay! thank you

[@Beer_Wolf]

This worked great. Bought a Switch Lite for the little one for Christmas, and it the box its range was so bad!

[@CrimLawGod]

Seems to have fixed the problem. Thank you.

[@migggeerruu]

From a solid 18 mins to a solid 18mins *quality*

[@imaginator85]

My Switch had bad connectivity from day 1 (launch day) even though the Wii U and my streaming device right next to it perform great. Bought everything for a wired connection and that worked great until one day tje power went out while playing and it completely killed my Switch's connectivity. Games like Splatoon were rendered useless and downloads are insanely slow. Not getting my hopes up for this trick, but I'll take anything I can get right now...

[@eeveeninja01]

Yeah did it??

[@Astral_Alley]

same thing happen to me and it didn't work oof

[@Ikuzuno]

From 1h 25 minutes to only 53 minutes! THANKS MAN!

[@alexalotl194]

I've barely got 14 subscribe buttons let alone 1400... 😉 On a side note, you timed this perfectly as I was just thinking how long Rocket League was taking to download!

[@Izumi-cw3jl]

It took ne 7 hours to download rocket leage and 10 minutes after that that video came out...

[@realshipn5546]

I downloaded rocket League

[@LukeFlavel]

As for me, I'm about to release my 10 subscriber special

[@realshipn5546]

AJ5025 I'm trying to get to 50subs but i need 2 more

[@alexalotl194]

Super squid Salad No problem, I'll help! As long as you promise to sub back! 😉

[@tyronebeale2821]

Thank you soooo much sir!....i was highly upset after i spent 300 for a divice that wouldnt allow me to play online in my room!

[@rickp9538]

OMG THANK YOU! My wifi wasn't working until I tried this! THANK YOU

[@weskerwaldorf2824]

Thank you! Downloading Diablo III - changed from 2 hour to 1 hour 21 mins!

[@rogerdudra178]

thanks. some of the Nintendo user data is quite assuming. If your results are consistant, you're getting a 22% increase in download spead.

[@foxhound6364]

Thanks. It just took me almost two hours to download L.A. Noire. Hopefully this will make future downloads less ridiculous. 20 gb should take 30 minutes max.

[@foxhound6364]

yis bou Yes, it can, and my PC can do 20 gb in around 20 minutes through Ethernet. A WiFi connection shouldn't slow it down by more than 10 minutes unless you have a shit router or a shit Internet connection.

[@lukerobinson5702]

Thank you for making this it took about 13hrs off my download

[@DaWorldOwner]

I'd be surprised if someone hasnt asked before but where did you get your Super Zelda Land canvas art from? If its not canvas I'd still love to know where you got that colorful zelda art from!

[@Ulymaldo]

I was downloading L.A. Noire, and it was 8 hours and 59 min NOW ITS 7 HRS AND 25 MINUTES, THIS IS GREAT.

[@RedstoneBros]

Buy an ethernet adapter. Not the overpriced Hori one. Just one that's 5$ or so.

[@Alex1712111]

This Video already helped me 3 Times! Thank you

[@Mabimanta]

Lowering it lower while playing online multi-player games will help with latency, but you cant access your website. At 1500 which is the max, will help with downloading and web browsing.

[@mr_majikku7050]

Thanks SO MUCH! I can actually play Online Pokken Tournament without it lagging so hard to be NOT playable!

[@Dirtymousey]

Went from 20 to almost 50! THANKS!!! Now back to DBD and my damn connection will hopefully stop dropping :) liked/subbed

[@Mitzi_DelverVRC]

From what I've heard, while this makes downloads faster, it increases delay during online play. Use this technique with caution.

[@doggyblues]

agreed

[@budgetdeals1561]

I have GIGABIT connection at home and The best I got on wireless is about 40-60mbps. I purchased a usb 3.0 toEthernet adapter and now I'm getting 100-110mbps. I think this is the MAX speed that the switch can output.

[@TheFlareMind]

Thanks! :D this worked, my download went from 55 minutes to 25 minutes.

[@jaycoxjaycox]

Hey, this worked! Thank you.

[@tazien]

I couldn't play Rocket League properly and it had just been getting worse, i love this game, you have saved my life, thank you so much

[@IIResonancEII]

Yoooo this worked so well. I connected to a hotel’s WiFi and tried to download the Hulu app but it was gonna take 1.5 hours. Changed the MTU to 1500 and....downloaded in 3 minutes. Nice!

[@rogerdudra178]

Thanks, I'll have to change this setting very soon.

[@JonathanTash]

You played the music from the Mii channel at the end of the video? What does that mean?

[@elpanabbsito3924]

i have a question, does this only work for downloads or generally improve the nintendo's connection?

[@Chozodianemissary]

RE Revelations 2 was going to take 18 hours! This dropped it down to 7. My internet sucks... BUT! This totally helped!

[@GodUchihaTempest]

In my games my opponent seems too get 56 hits in before my game decides it wants too move 🤣

[@bluedashman2136]

It has been super helpful thank you very much

[@mpetrides]

8.3 to 9.5 Every little bit helps. Thanks!!!

[@SuperCer054Real]

Thanks. My switch was getting only getting 1.4mbps download but now it's like 3+

[@exploreNederland]

Found this video out of curiosity if it was indeed possible and my download speed on wifi went from around 29mbps to 48mbps

[@ivanpreetsingh9966]

Bro it changed from 16 mbps to 48mbps thanks so much it works

[@SuperForRealsWiiGamr]

Will this improve online multiplayer? Also, I play using a hardline. Will changing the mtu thing also work with a hardline? Internet is hard

[@rvstlungofficial5741]

Went from 23 and 12 to 32 and 16. Thank you so much!

[@MikeLawrencePhoto]

Maybe this sounds silly, but what if you change it to 1600, 1700, or even 3000? Is there point where it starts diminishing?

[@nathanhowden4514]

Thanks mate! Seems to be working so far!

[@FinalPhaseGaming]

hey man, what happens if you switch it from 1400 to like, 1700? or some ridiculous number like 2000 - or whatever value to max it out?

[@supernguy728]

Is this only used for downloads or can it be used so i can extend my routers mtu for online play?

[@serge263]

Mostly my problem is distance. Maybe this will help. My switch has to be close to my router in order to pick up the connection and make it more stable. When it isn't a problem for my computer.

[@saralynn4709]

10 hours to 1 hour, thank you so much

[@MillenniumFalcon]

Thank you. This is really helpful. I noticed however tht even with a hard wired ethernet connection, my Switch only gets maximum downlad speeds of like 12-15 Mbps even though all my other consoles like the Xbox One X and PS4 get almost 75-90 Mbps download speeds. Is it normal for the Switch to be so slow evn with the MTU bump as suggested?

[@TNP3xter]

Straight went from 22 hours to 33 minutes. Fucking worked wonders.

[@donorowitz]

Thanks man you saved just saved me 4 and a half hours. :)

[@princedave81]

WOW! It works incredibly. My download time was decreased by 60%. Thank you

[@CrrUptdSprt]

Yeah, now I'll be able to play Splatoon in my bedroom without constant disconnects! We have good internet so I've always wondered why the Switch couldn't connect while my 3DS, tablet, and PC could in the same place.