Re: 10/100 & 30Mbps

"Neil" wrote in message
> Hi All.
>
> I have a 30Mbps internet connection. I connect my cable modem directly to
my
> pc's 10/100 ethernet card and get as good as 30Mbps. So far, so good.
>
> However, when I connect the cable modem to my D-Link DI-614+ and then run
a
> cable from one of its 10/100 Ethernet ports to the PC's Ethernet 10/100
> Ethernet card, the internet speed is halved.
>
> I called D-Link support which I think is in India. They're advice? Turn of
> my microwave oven. I am not kidding.
>
> Is it because the router is wirelessly broadcasting the signal or is it
due
> to some limitation of the router?
>
> Any help is much appreciated.
>
>
> Neil

I use DLink and am not suprised at all by their "advice" they gave you.
Attempted to get some information about multi-WDS from them once, which was
pointless. Ended up finding the answers myself by trial and error. Yep,
their "tech support" is a pack of Indian kids with a flow charts, asking if
your cables are connected. (But then again, so is Linksys'.)

DI-614+ is an old 802.11b+ (DLink "22 Mbs" 802.11b) animal? Don't know why
the LAN ports aren't giving 100 Mbps like they are advertised to (or of any
DLink setting that would effect LAN port speeds), but seems silly to try to
force an old $20 router/AP to do so. Especially, when you know with
certainty that it is bottlenecking your wireless side even if 100 Mbps can
be wedged through the LAN ports. 30 Mbps internet? Get a halfway decent
wired router and hang the DI-614+ off of it as just a WAP. With 30 Mbps
coming in, it still probably won't be long before you want to replace the
DI-614+ with an 802.11g/a WAP though!

My internet is "only" 5 Mbps, but also using a seperate router from the
WAPs. More convienent, more stable for LAN, more options, etc.

Cheers,
Eric

P.S. Envious at your 30 Mbps. :^) Can you stream HD content with that
pipe?





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