What is the difference between the Linksys 4port router and the netgear 4 port router

Joonysam · Post by **Joonysam** » Sun Feb 04, 2001 9:39 pm

i got the linksys router and its not going fast as directly connecting the cable modem to the pc....
i seem to lose like 1/2 of my speed even when no one is using the other comps

glc1 · Post by **glc1** » Sun Feb 04, 2001 9:56 pm

Do you have any patches applied to any of the computers?

From what I've read/heard, the Linky seems to be the most problematic routers thanks to all of its quirks/firmware problems. I think I'd return it and get a Netgear or Ugate, as they seem to get a lot of acclaim.

Joonysam · Post by **Joonysam** » Sun Feb 04, 2001 10:10 pm

no patches...

nightowl · Post by **nightowl** » Sun Feb 04, 2001 10:44 pm

the netgear 314 has a better NAT processor then the linksys...i actualy got better gaming performance using the netgear instead of directly connecting to my PC

Dement · Post by **Dement** » Mon Feb 05, 2001 2:07 pm

I have no problems with my netgear. Gaming or routing. Never install the floppy but I did install the firmware upgrade to the latest.

Dement · Post by **Dement** » Mon Feb 05, 2001 3:20 pm

I'm sorry I mean my Linksys

Biketec · Post by **Biketec** » Wed Feb 07, 2001 12:50 am

Originally posted by Joonysam:
i got the linksys router and its not going fast as directly connecting the cable modem to the pc....
i seem to lose like 1/2 of my speed even when no one is using the other comps

i got my linksys dsl/cable router w/4 port switch... and i love it. it actually made my internet connection go a little faster cuz i didnt have to have my firewall running anymore on my comp. i dont know whats the problem with your comp... try formatting? lol

good luck, sorry i cant help

jason

donald_k · Post by **donald_k** » Sat Feb 10, 2001 3:39 am

how fast are you getting.....you might be having the same problem as me where the Linky maxes out at 500KB/s down and 130KB/s up and if it goes any higher there is big time packet loss, directly connectioning to my modem I get 1MB/s down adn 330KB/s up. I should have got a Netgear....I did not realise Shaw@Home would be this fast cause reading the reviews 99% of <cable co>@Home cap at 128kbps and use the @Home backbone. With Shaw they do not cap the modems and they have their own backbone...thank god cause doing a tracert to an @Home user who is on the @home backbone and the pings are horrible....let alone the packet loss...lol.

hyuga · Post by **hyuga** » Mon Feb 12, 2001 9:57 am

I just got a Linksys 8 port router/switch. I notice significant throughput degradation. My downloads are less than half the speed they used to be. I tried disconnection the other computers from the network, but still the downloads were slow compared to having the computer connected directly to the modem.

Is this a Linksys problem? Is it a configuration problem?

Are there any 8 port router/switch other than Linksys's? I tried looking for a Netgear version, but I couldn't find any.

Thanks!

nightowl · Post by **nightowl** » Mon Feb 12, 2001 6:51 pm

the problem is that the linksys maxes out at 2megabit download where as the netgear rt314 is 5+ megabits

CiscoKid · Post by **CiscoKid** » Mon Feb 12, 2001 8:34 pm

is that 2 megs a minute, or second?

Joonysam · Post by **Joonysam** » Tue Feb 13, 2001 12:21 am

dammed router....

nightowl · Post by **nightowl** » Tue Feb 13, 2001 1:22 am

well with computer parts you usualy get what you pay for

nightowl · Post by **nightowl** » Tue Feb 13, 2001 1:30 am

Originally posted by CiscoCert:
is that 2 megs a minute, or second?

its megabits/seconds with is what companies advertise.....to get your true speed you have to divide it by 8 then you get megabytes.....thats the speed you see when downloading from netscape or IE

gmcd33 · Post by **gmcd33** » Tue Feb 13, 2001 11:03 am

I H8 Linksys I <3 Netgear.

theINSPECTOR · Post by **theINSPECTOR** » Wed Feb 14, 2001 2:34 am

I'd go with the Netgear 314....even a pseudo-bonehead amateur geek like yours truly had no problem at all setting up and configuring it. Performs just like advertised. Once again.....thanks for all the free advice

neveruseaol · Post by **neveruseaol** » Thu Feb 15, 2001 12:37 am

i love my linky. besides having to reset it every 2 days i have got a speed increase even with my firewall installed. i average 705kbps down with ADSL

good luck

nightowl · Post by **nightowl** » Thu Feb 15, 2001 1:15 am

Originally posted by neveruseaol:
i love my linky. besides having to reset it every 2 days i have got a speed increase even with my firewall installed. i average 705kbps down with ADSL

good luck

i've never unpluged my netgear.......its bin on constantly for 4 months now