Router Speed Question!

Scorpionx · Post by **Scorpionx** » Mon Jan 29, 2001 6:02 pm

Ok i have the linksys four port router... i plugged straight into the cable modem, and changed the settings, and went to a ftp site, and downloaded a file,and got over 600 KBPS almost the whole time. then i plugged into the router, changed the settings around, and went to the same ftp, and only got 325KB... I heard the linksys routers have a 350KBPS limit (to each PC) on downloading from the internet. is that true? cause it seemed like it, it started at 300K, and then climbed to 349.39 KB and then started going down again... is the linksys speed limit true? cause if it is, ill be pissed.

C.M. Weaver · Post by **C.M. Weaver** » Mon Jan 29, 2001 6:16 pm

Your download speed from your cable connection is dependent on MANY factors. You won't get anything close to the 10MB spec on your Linkys WAN port, this is just the nature of cable media. Traffic by nature is "bursty" and many sites throttle their bandwidth.

Now, you internal LAN will run at a full 100MB full-duplex as long as your NIC's support it.

Don't sweat it, your not getting gipped on speed

C.M.

Scorpionx · Post by **Scorpionx** » Mon Jan 29, 2001 7:19 pm

yeah, but whats up with the 600K when im plugged into the modem, and 300 when im plugged into the router, on the same site, less then 1 minute apart.

VIKTOR2020 · Post by **VIKTOR2020** » Mon Jan 29, 2001 8:57 pm

I had the same problem with the Linksys 4-port router. When I connected my computer directly to the ADSL I got approximately twice the speed that I got through the router/switch. I repeated this experiment about six times at different times of day and night and got consistent results. (Throughput speeds varied, of course, but were cut in half through the Linksys. I returned it to the store and paid an extra $20 for the Netgear. Now I get the same throughput connected directly to ADSL and through the router.
No idea why.

nightowl · Post by **nightowl** » Tue Jan 30, 2001 4:40 am

easy...the netgear has a better NAT processor and has a 5+ megabit limit where as the linksys has a 2 or 3 megabit limit

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Scorpionx · Post by **Scorpionx** » Tue Jan 30, 2001 11:37 am

Scorpionx · Post by **Scorpionx** » Tue Jan 30, 2001 11:47 am

I am extremely PISSED!!!! I want full speed, not some half assed speed cause the damn linksys router is slow... I threw away the box already, how the hell would i return it and get a netgear.

Scorpionx · Post by **Scorpionx** » Tue Jan 30, 2001 3:38 pm

ok i have been doing some tests. From the other PC, downloading from the same FTP, i get 400K... from my win2k pc, 70K. I am assuming that since the time i downloaded these was less then a minute apart, that my win2k pc is mis-configured...

Scorpionx · Post by **Scorpionx** » Tue Jan 30, 2001 4:38 pm

So should i somehow try to get the netgear?

gmcd33 · Post by **gmcd33** » Tue Jan 30, 2001 8:41 pm

NETGEAR RULZ

Joonysam · Post by **Joonysam** » Sun Feb 04, 2001 8:31 pm

omg... i got the same problem... on my linksys 4 port router.
why is that? help me!

joebagofdonuts · Post by **joebagofdonuts** » Sun Feb 04, 2001 9:11 pm

Had the same problem.My donwload speeds were cut to 1/3 with the linksys four port router.
Returned the piece of crap.

Joonysam · Post by **Joonysam** » Sun Feb 04, 2001 9:35 pm

What routers did u guys get after returning the linksys one?

MegaVectra · Post by **MegaVectra** » Mon Feb 05, 2001 6:50 am

Had the same problems with the Linksys POS, downloads would hang, and really slow. Shipped it back and got the Netgear RT311, havn't had a problem since. Netgear or should I say Zyxel adds something new to every firmware version they put out. Next addition I hear is the abiltity to input port ranges.