D-Link DI-614+ Dog Slow

[gunrunnerjohn]

I just picked up a D-Link DI-614+, mostly to tinker with, and perhaps eventually give to my daughter for wireless access for her place. I currently have an SMC7004AWBR wireless router.

My cable service is 1500/256, and I have a Toshiba PCX1100U cable modem.

The problem is that the D-Link is painfully slow on the downlink side for some reason! At DSL-Reports, I normally get in the 1200-1500 range for my downlink speeds, which is what I'd expect with my cable service. The D-Link yields about 50-100k downlink speeds, and it actually runs the uplink faster at 150-200k. I've cruised through all the setup options in the D-Link, and I don't see anything that jumps out at me to kill the performance. I have the latest 3.20 firmware in the unit.

Does anyone here have this router, and what have your results been?

 

[ivol07]

I have this router and consistently get between 880k - 1.2Mbs down and always 89k up at about 30 feet going thru one wall. I also have firmware 3.20. How far away are you from the router?

 

[Torghn]

I have this router and always get the same speed. Doesn't matter if I plug directly into the cable modem, use the wifi, or go cat5 into the router. I always get my full 1.8Mbps/256kbps.

 

[gunrunnerjohn]

Well, that's not much comfort to me.

 

[Torghn]

Are you getting these speeds pluged into the wired portion or over wifi? If it's wifi I'd see how much bandwith you have going from comp to comp. Also, be sure to try a couple of different speed test servers.

 

[gunrunnerjohn]

This is directly cabled to the router. Since two other routers function fine here, I figure it has to be a setup or compatibility issue, probably with the Toshiba PCX1100U modem, since I've tried multiple computers on the other end.

 

[Torghn]

It could be something wrong with the router it's self. I've never seen one of these go bad before, but I guess it's possible. I'd try factory reseting the router and the cable modem. You shouldn't need to change any settings on the d-link for it to work properly. If that doesn't help, I'd try and find someone else who can test it on their network for you. Hope it helps.

BTW, there sure are a lot of flags in this thread.

 

[gunrunnerjohn]

I'm sending it back to D-Link. I tested it on a Motorola SB4100 in a different location, same issues. It's got to be something physically wrong with the box.

 

[ivol07]

Originally posted by: gunrunnerjohn
I'm sending it back to D-Link. I tested it on a Motorola SB4100 in a different location, same issues. It's got to be something physically wrong with the box.

Yup, I'd say you got a lemon.