Shuruga2
04-21-04, 01:12 PM
i know what it shoudnt be but here is the situation.
i was on a dsl 1.5Mbps and getting appropriate speeds, no problem there. my service recently upgraded to 3Mbps service but i saw no increase. i wasnt really surprised, i just switched from a cable isp where the same thing had happened (upgrade and no change in speed).
anyway i was running perfectly happy until yesterday when my router kicked out on me 2 or 3 times in an hour and i decided to try and take it out of the equation. uppon setting up my computer to run the internet connection, and connecting, i found that my speeds were much much higher. nearly the full 3Mbps.
Q&As
what kind of router?: linksys befsr41 (firmware 1.45.7). this router should not have the capability to limit the bandwidth, correct?
your cables might be bad: just checked them recently and all are ok
why not run without the router?: 2 computers share the connection. i'd love to use ICS but they dont get along and are ignoring each other when directly connected, yes with a crossover cable. (no firewalls, winxp or otherwise)(why are they sometimes choosing diff subnets, and how do i change that?) and i'd really like some kind of NAT protection
my isp has its own speedtest site and running it on both of the computers reports a 1.38Mbps connection.
anyway so if it cant be the router, and it really shouldnt, what else is it?
i have contacted my isp and their (normally exceptional) tech support has no idea.
edit: upload speed always peaks at 40k with or without the router
i was on a dsl 1.5Mbps and getting appropriate speeds, no problem there. my service recently upgraded to 3Mbps service but i saw no increase. i wasnt really surprised, i just switched from a cable isp where the same thing had happened (upgrade and no change in speed).
anyway i was running perfectly happy until yesterday when my router kicked out on me 2 or 3 times in an hour and i decided to try and take it out of the equation. uppon setting up my computer to run the internet connection, and connecting, i found that my speeds were much much higher. nearly the full 3Mbps.
Q&As
what kind of router?: linksys befsr41 (firmware 1.45.7). this router should not have the capability to limit the bandwidth, correct?
your cables might be bad: just checked them recently and all are ok
why not run without the router?: 2 computers share the connection. i'd love to use ICS but they dont get along and are ignoring each other when directly connected, yes with a crossover cable. (no firewalls, winxp or otherwise)(why are they sometimes choosing diff subnets, and how do i change that?) and i'd really like some kind of NAT protection
my isp has its own speedtest site and running it on both of the computers reports a 1.38Mbps connection.
anyway so if it cant be the router, and it really shouldnt, what else is it?
i have contacted my isp and their (normally exceptional) tech support has no idea.
edit: upload speed always peaks at 40k with or without the router