Currently I have a network setup that around 20 people use. The way it is set up, there is a cable modem which goes to a wrt54g ver.2 router (we'll call this router #1). From this router, it goes to another wrt54g ver.2 router (router #2) which is set to router mode (as opposed to gateway). Also, from the first router (router #1) there is another connection to a third wrt54g router ver. 4 (router #2). Another connection from router #1 is a linsys 8 port switch (not sure what the model number is right now.) And from that switch is a fourth wrt54g router (router #4).
When the network is first turned on, it runs fine for a little while. But after having it run for a day or so, it starts to slow down. Once you make a connection to d/l a file or somethin, it usually d/ls at ok speeds. The main issue is connecting. It takes long to connect to thing like AIM, or even just trying to connect to webpages to surf the web.
So basically, you start it up, and it runs ok. After a while it slows down and the longer it runs, the more it slows down. I've called linksys and what they told me to do was to change the MTU size to 1100. They didn't sound too confident about this and didn't have any other suggestions as to what may be the problem. I'm trying to get this fixed asap and i'm not really sure where to check anymore.