[PLUG] Very Slow Downloads

[Matt McKenzie]

If I may jump in, another data point.
One of the reasons for the disparity in download speeds between direct
connection to cable modem, and through the router, could be due to the
router not supporting DOCSIS 3.0 standard, which your cable modem very
likely does support now (or very likely must support, to attain those speeds
and maintain communication upstream)

I would say try with one of your other routers, but my suspicion is you
would get similar results, unless the other routers are newer and support
DOCSIS 3.0.  If not, it may be time for a shopping trip.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docsis

HTH, My $0.02 etc

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Matt M.
LinuxKnight


On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 7:19 AM, Richard C. Steffens <rsteff at comcast.net>wrote:

> On 10/24/2011 10:42 PM, Russell Johnson wrote:
> > On Oct 24, 2011, at 10:27 PM, Richard C. Steffens wrote:
> >
> >> 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.
> > As I recall, the RT314 needed to be rebooted on occasion due to buffer
> overflow.
>
> Interesting. I hadn't heard that. I have rebooted it on a number of
> occasions but I always thought it was for some "unknown" reason.
>
> This morning, from my desktop machine:
>
> Ping = 18 ms
> Download = 9.29 Mbps
> Upload = 3.64 Mbps
>
> More tests, then I go digging in the closet for the WRTs.
>
> Last night, without the router, I got a download speed of 19 something.
> The nice lady at Comcast was impressed and said I was paying for 12. How
> much loss should there be going through a router and a switch?
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dick Steffens
>
>
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