[PLUG] Very Slow Downloads

Marvin Kosmal mkosmal at gmail.com
Tue Oct 25 05:33:39 UTC 2011


On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Richard C. Steffens <rsteff at comcast.net>wrote:

> On 10/24/2011 10:05 PM, Richard C. Steffens wrote:
> > On 10/24/2011 07:55 PM, Marvin Kosmal wrote:
> >
> >> Can  you plug in directly for a test to see if it is that.
>
> I decided not to wait.
>
> I plugged my laptop into the cable modem and tried again.
>
> Ping = 18 ms
> Download = 19 Mbps
> Upload = 3.xx Mbps (I didn't write that one down)
>
>
> >> Or recycle the power on the router/switch...???
> >
>
> Power cycled the router and got:
>
> Laptop
> Ping = 31 ms
> Download = 7.04 Mbps
> Upload = 3.69 Mbps
>
> Desktop
> Ping = 18 ms
> Download = 7.13 Mbps
> Upload = 3.7 Mbps
>
> Sounds like the good old reliable Netgear router -- which I've had since
> the days of @home -- needs to be retired. I've got a couple of
> WRT-whats-its in the closet. Must be time to get one out and fire it up.
>
> Thanks again for the pointer.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dick Steffens
>
>
> _______________________________________________
>


All is well that ends well

Good luck

Marvin



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