I've got a Linksys WRK54G router and Comcast as my ISP. Several weeksago, I noticed that my bandwidth started to decline after a relativelyshort period of time after resetting the router/modem. For example, mydownload speed would go from 3.3 mps to 98 kps in less than an hour.Well, when they saw that I had farily high ping times, they sent a techout to investigate. He basically just gave me a new modem at whichpoint my connection was screaming at 9+mps! It seemed to maintain thatspeed for quite some time too. However, sure enough, less than 5 hoursafter last resetting the modem/router, I was getting a download speedof 718kps.I left the router alone and just reset the modem with no effect on thebandwidth. However, when I reset both the router and modem, I'm back at~9mps. So, does that mean that somehow my router's gone bad? I justupgraded its firmware to be current.Do routers go bad in the way I'm describing? Is there a better test ofthe router's health?TIA,David

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Is it the router?

Jun 05, 2006 22 Replies

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davids58 20 years ago

Nope, it isn't. So, basically, there's no way I can get the other ~6mps? If not, I can live with it.

David

William P.N. Smith wrote:

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William P.N. Smith 20 years ago

Well, you can try playing around with drivers, firmware, AP and client positioning, interference sources, channel changes, antennas, additional APs, alternate firmware, repeaters, different vendors, etc, but WiFi and {speed, reliability,marge file transfers} IME don't really go together.

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John Navas 20 years ago

On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 12:56:05 -0400, William P.N. Smith wrote in :

I'd personally say it is pretty bad for 802.11g, which can be several times faster than that in good conditions. It's more like 802.11b.

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