Need advice on wireless router.

cencom14 · Post by **cencom14** » Mon Sep 22, 2003 2:07 pm

I just started getting cable modem service and have a question about using a wireless router. I currently have a Netgear MR814 wireless router. My download speed with the cable modem connected directly to the computer is consistently at least 8000Kbps. When I connect the cable modem through the MR814 wireless router my speeds are only at most 5500Kbps. I was wondering why this happens and what I can do to fix the problem? Do I need a different router? When I had 768Kbps DSL there was no issue as I got the full 768 with the router connected. Any help anyone can give would be helpful. Thanks.

Dave

mccoffee · Post by **mccoffee** » Mon Sep 22, 2003 8:10 pm

Do you have manaul ips on the computers

cencom14 · Post by **cencom14** » Mon Sep 22, 2003 8:39 pm

What is manual ips?

mccoffee · Post by **mccoffee** » Mon Sep 22, 2003 9:25 pm

Goto strat menu run type cmd or command depending on windows version type ipconfiig/all right down DNS server settings.

Goto my computer control panel network and dialup conections click on tcpip highlight and click properties where it saids Ip settings select manually assign ip Give computer a. and adress of 192.168.xxx.xxx could be any number other then ip of router. for subnet 255.255.255.xxx xx is any number defaut gateway is the adress of ur router.

Give comp B,C,etc a different adress then the first computer and do no user the routers ip.

make sure subnet dns and gateway matches on all computers
http://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=177
Here is a guide that may explain it better

rpeAMP · Post by **rpeAMP** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 12:41 am

It has nothing to do with static IPs over dynamic IPs. That's like saying if you change your engine oil, your transmission will stop slipping.

More than likely, the speed of the WAN port on your router is not ample for your connection. The explanation behind this is that not a lot of people are lucky enough to have a connection that is that fast, so the router manufacturers do not make the WAN port speeds high enough to satisfy your connection.

Besides trying a nicer SOHO-class router, I think you may just have to live with this.

Hope this helps.

mccoffee · Post by **mccoffee** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 3:46 am

rpeAMP rofl static routing is alot faster then dynamic routing with static routes the router doesn't use so much cpu time. However you are right about the wan port to tell the turth i did mis that part about his connection of 8000

rpeAMP · Post by **rpeAMP** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 10:58 am

I'm not going to argue this past this post.

First of all, I never said that dynamic routing was more efficient (or "faster" in your terms) than static routing. I know that static routing is more efficient, however that's not relevant to his problem.

The bottom line is that when he is seeing a difference of speed in 5000 versus 8000 kbps, it's not an IP address assignment issue.

I know your initial default reponse to everyone's problem is usually "do you have static IPs", but frankly that has absolutely nothing to do with his problem at all.

As I stated before, something else is playing into this equation.

cencom14 · Post by **cencom14** » Fri Sep 26, 2003 1:42 am

Thanks for the advice. I have plans to try a couple other wireless routers and see if the speeds are better than what I have now. I just feel bad using a router that does not let me use the fulll capacity of my cable modem.

Dave