Speed Up My Router!
Ever since i got my router, the internet has been running much slower than it was before.
My internet speed is quoted as 3072/576 up/down(in kb/s), and it <i>was</i> reaching those speeds, but now, it's running nearer 600/400, or in one instance, 211/379(upload faster than download <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> )
I have a U.S. Robotics USR8054(wireless).
My internet speed is quoted as 3072/576 up/down(in kb/s), and it <i>was</i> reaching those speeds, but now, it's running nearer 600/400, or in one instance, 211/379(upload faster than download <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> )
I have a U.S. Robotics USR8054(wireless).
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What is router name, manufacturer and model?
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OS?
So far I'd guess it was due to interferrence. Unless you're using wireless G, you're not going to get speeds anywhere near your top internet cap. Off hand I think G limits to 54mbits/s in ideal conditions.
a/b are more like 20mbits, but that's again in ideal conditions.
Slow downs caused by:
Indoors. ("Ideal" is outside, apparently. Of course, everyone's office is in Sherwood forrest. :\)
Metal stuff
Wireless house phones / Wireless devices on a similar frequency.
Did you connect with wireless before the slowdown? Or did you connect directly before?
Router name is in above post.
XP Pro SP2
"Junk
on 3Com U.S. Robotics 802.11g Wireless Turbo Router (USR8054)
by tedwintersNew Member
Pros: none
Cons: Corrupts downloads reboots often with current (and beta) firmware bad customer support bad manual
It has decent speed, nice features.
However, it doesn't maintain data integrity. P2P programs have MANY problems with this router, and technical support refuses to deal with them, giving the standard: we don't support bittorrent, we don't support IRC. Long story short, the router's internal firewall mistakenly identifies 'pings of death' and drops packets of data that you're downloading.
You can't recover these packets unless you plug your computer straight in to your internet feed, bypassing the router, and downloading again.
Turning off the internal firewall does not stop 'ping of death detection'
If you have microwaves or 2.4ghz cordless phones, you WILL experience interference.
Current firmware reboots multiple times a day, so don't plan any large downloads.
Don't buy this router - Get a linksys or a netgear. Both offer more technical support, and actually work properly with various internet technology. "
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Other people seem to be of a similar mindset. I'll see if I can find a suitable firmware update.
That is, if you're interested in doing so and confident/brave enough to try it.
um.... what?
The overhead on a router is relatively insignificant. I can build a NAT router on a 486 that would be able to serve <i>hundreds</i> of nodes without a noticable overhead latency. And thats without any special hardware or software (you know, the kind made for nothing but routing).
A switch wouldn't do anything for him. Where would you put it anyway? Between the router and the net? That won't do anything.... and there isn't anywhere else to put it because the router uses wirelss to connect to the computer.
Most likely the problem is either interference, or the router's (aparently craptastic) firmware.
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the computer that is wired in is also pretty slow, but not quite as slow as this one.
It may be that i haven't configured the router properly, as i can't understand bugger all of the interface, and there is next to no manual, after reading reviews, i did come to the conclusion that it isn't really designed for router nubs to set up, and from what i've seen, the tech support is <i>awful</i>
I have had nothing but grief with wireless routers both personal and for customers and really, is having a bit of wire trailing around that bad?
I'm in your boat man. I have 70-100 ping in the fastest NS server that will occasionally jump to 600-900 since they switched to wireless.
It gets worse.
It just started off on the g4b2s forums, and now it's starting to affect these forums too <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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[EDIT:]I'm currently trying to convince my parents to let me get a wired router, niether of the are too keen on the idea, but i'm sure they'll agree sometime <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
They seem to think that the router is faulty or something when it just downright sucks.
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Try explaining the security risks to them: "But with wireless all of our data is in the air. Anybody can just drive by with a laptop and have access to all of our data!"
Its not entirely accurate, but it gets the point accrosed.