Re: CAble Modem/Speed

Most older routers only have a 10Mbps WAN port. Check your maximum WAN port
speed rating on the router. Also, what speed is your network card?

Did you mean "downstream" speed of 30Mbps (upstream is from your computer to
the Internet)?

Gregg Hill



"Dan R" <DanR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I recently upgaded my service to a 20 Mbps cable speed through my provider.
Realizing my old modem was only DOCSIS 1.0 compatible, I went out and got
a
new Motorola SB5101 modem than can handle DOCSIS 2.0 and upstream speeds
of
30 Mbps. I can only seem to get a maximum speed of 7.2 Mbps. The cable
company says an acceptable level should be around 12 Mbps, and after calls
to
their tech support line they cannot seem to figure out why I can't connect
at
a minimum 12 Mbps. They said the connection is excellent with no packet
loss.
I do have a router, but when I hook the cable modem directly to the
computer
it gives me the same max speed of 7.2 Mbps. I also turned off Zonealarm,
my
Avast Antivirus, Winpatrol, Windows Defender, and two other things that
were
running in my taskbar, with no changes. I was wondering if anyone had
any
ideas what I can do or settings to change to get me to the higher speed?

I am running Windows XP SP3, Pentium 4 2.8 Ghz, 1 GB of RAM, and a 128MB
Nvidia 6600GT video card. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.



.

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