Re: New wireless router, slow connection

• From: "GTS" <x>
• Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 10:53:51 -0500

   If you are using multiple connections simultaneously your bandwidth will 
be divided.  The drop with only 2 computers would not be very significant 
depending what they're doing.  If only one computer is active the router 
will have little or no effect on throughout.   The dramatic drop in 
throughput that you report is not normal and indicates a problem.  Updating 
the routers firmware is generally a good idea, but it may or may not have 
much impact on your problem.  I would certatainly go ahead and do it.

   My prior message had some suggestions.  In addition to those, you might 
also look into the configuration of your DSL modem for use with the router 
and whether it should be manually set to bridge mode.  I don't know what 
modem you have, but again, suggest conferring with AOL support.
-- 

"Chris" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:CA16EB32-410C-40D9-A451-33EE249F9E26@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> With all my years of building and working with computers, I would have
> thought I was smarter than this. I found out why the 98 computer was
> slow...it had a crappy signal strength. It's something so trivial that I
> never would have thought of. I hooked up an extra 3ft USB cable extension,
> and that brought it up at LEAST 30%, now it's blazing speed. But, it seems
> that it's now a little faster than the xp machine. So my question...How do
> routers work? Do they split the connection however many ways, slowing it 
> down
> in the process, or should it keep all of them the same speed? What use to 
> be
> a 100kb/s download speed is now 40 or 50 (50 if im lucky) and I wanted to
> know if there is anything I can do, either with the router's firmware or 
> in
> the computer itself so speed it up.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> "GTS" wrote:
>
>> AOL broadband is not very common and tends to be highly problematic to 
>> share
>> with a router (virtually impossible with AOL cable).  AOL claims that 
>> it's
>> DSL service is a standard PPOE connection, but I have found that no 
>> router
>> will work correctly in some locations.  I hope you have better luck - 
>> here's
>> are a few ideas
>>
>> - Make sure the MTU in the router is set to 1400.  That's a must for AOL
>> DSL.
>> - Are you configuring the router to do the PPOE logon to AOL using one of
>> your screen names?
>> - See http://tinyurl.com/apg8q for some AOL troubleshooting information.
>> - Call AOL support (but don't expect too much.).
>>
>> It may well be possible to switch to a standard DSL provider (e.g. 
>> verizon),
>> change you're AOL billing plan to aol for broadband if you want to keep 
>> it,
>> and come out with a net saving.
>> -- 
>>
>> "Chris" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:CAC3DC38-C8F5-44A7-80BB-DCE2CF75A914@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > DSL
>> >
>> > "GTS" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Do you have AOL Cable or DSL?
>> >> -- 
>> >>
>> >> "Chris" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:134069BD-F61B-46E1-8EC8-FD040E0F3CD5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> >I am running Windows XP Home sp1, and have AOL Broadband DSL. 
>> >> >Usually, I
>> >> > download at around 100 kb/s, but I just recently bought a Linksys
>> >> > WRT54g
>> >> > wireless router, and I had a newbie quesiton. Is it supposed to slow
>> >> > down
>> >> > your connection? Since I put it in, I have been downloading at 
>> >> > around
>> >> > 40
>> >> > or
>> >> > 50kb/s, and that's not normal. This PC is hardwired to the router. I
>> >> > read
>> >> > about MTU and all that, but it didn't change anything. I am very new 
>> >> > to
>> >> > wireless networking, and any kind of networking for that matter. Can
>> >> > anyone
>> >> > figure out what's up?
>> >> >
>> >> > Also, I have a Windows 98 machine running wirelessly to the router 
>> >> > via
>> >> > USB
>> >> > adapter. It downloads even slower, most pages wont even load, 
>> >> > meaning,
>> >> > the
>> >> > IE
>> >> > loading bar will go all the way up, and then a blank screen for a 
>> >> > few
>> >> > minutes, and then "Page can not be displayed" shows up. I can get on
>> >> > like,
>> >> > MSN, and I have the AOL software installed on it, and that connects,
>> >> > but
>> >> > things like capitalone.com , I can't log into it, it just hangs 
>> >> > there.
>> >> > Is
>> >> > it
>> >> > because it's encrypted? I think I have gotten into that site once on
>> >> > the
>> >> > 98
>> >> > pc, and that's it. Any ideas? I heard flushing the dns does 
>> >> > something,
>> >> > but
>> >> > I
>> >> > forgot how to do that via command prompt.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks again, Chris.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>> 


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