The Router Slows down the Connection WRT54G2 V1.5
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Posted by Justin on September 6, 2009, 6:35 pm
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I set up some relatives with a Linksys cable modem router on their Comcast connection. It is the WRT54G2 V1.5. As soon as we connect the computer directly to the cable modem the speed increases by a hell of alot. I have WPA encryption enabled with a long password; a few sports figures names and a massive number - 20 characters and impossible to guess; so I don't see how anyone can be using it illegally. Could the router be bad? | |||||||||||||
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Posted by $Bill on September 6, 2009, 8:05 pm
Please log in for more thread options Justin wrote:  I assume you mean that a wired connection is faster than a wireless connection. It has a 10/100 switch for wired access and that would give you 100 Mbps vs 54 Mbps when running wireless (minus any extra crap for encryption), so I would think you should get at least double the speed when running wired. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Bill M. on September 7, 2009, 12:02 am
Please log in for more thread options wrote: I believe best case actual throughput on a 802.11g connection is about 24 Mbps, but that's still quite a bit faster than most people's Internet connection, so the bottleneck wouldn't be the wireless portion. OTOH, we don't know if the wireless portion is connected at 802.11b, with about 6 Mbps throughput. Without more numbers and details, it's hard to tell. -- Bill | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Justin on September 7, 2009, 3:08 pm
Please log in for more thread options $Bill wrote: No, I mean the wired connection is just as slow as the wireless. I don't need numbers, youtube takes forever to load on the router, it takes a second connected directly. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by $Bill on September 7, 2009, 7:03 pm
Please log in for more thread options Justin wrote: So when you say directly connected, you mean to the modem and not the router ? How long does it take to go to a speed test site and run both scenarios to give us some idea ? Do you have the latest firmware for the router installed ? Have you tried powering the router for a couple of minutes and resetting it back to the default config and then setting it back up again (shouldn't require much if any setup) ? | |||||||||||||
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> Comcast connection. It is the WRT54G2 V1.5.
> As soon as we connect the computer directly to the cable modem the speed
> increases by a hell of alot.
> I have WPA encryption enabled with a long password; a few sports figures
> names and a massive number - 20 characters and impossible to guess; so I
> don't see how anyone can be using it illegally.
>
> Could the router be bad?