Need help with 1gig Internet Connection / Router Problem.

[CrazyHorse]

Hi Guys,

I have a Cisco / Linksys Valet m20 Router with 1 Gigabit Connection. Now my Internet is a fiber Optic recently upgraded from 100mbit to 1000mbit or 1gbit. I know the speed is there since i can connect directly to my PC however i can't get more then 120 down / 150 up through the router.

I use a CAT 6 cable to connect to the Router. I can't change the MTU to more then 1500 and there hasn't been a firmware update since 2011. I assume the Router needs to be replaced however i still hope somebody can help me out.

 

[Danstek]

That router is pretty low-end and is most likely a bottleneck for your fiber internet. Also, it does not have a gigabit WAN port, only gigabit LAN. From my experience, the only off-the-shelf consumer router I've encountered to not bottleneck an ISP connection that fast was the Asus RT-N66U.

 

[brshoemak]

Pretty sure that router has a gigabit WAN port, but that doesn't mean it actually will work at gigabit speed due to paltry hardware.

I agree with Danstek, you need to replace that thing.

 

[glugglug]

Check and make sure any QoS settings on the router are disabled. QOS implementations that don't suck horribly and throttle you are extremely rare.

 

[Danstek]

Pretty sure that router has a gigabit WAN port, but that doesn't mean it actually will work at gigabit speed due to paltry hardware.

I agree with Danstek, you need to replace that thing.

Ahh, so it does have gig WAN? My initial search resulted with mentions of only gig LAN so I had assumed it didn't have it. Of course, it still doesn't matter either way as the chipset will remain the limiting factor.

 

[SecurityTheatre]

Hi Guys,

I have a Cisco / Linksys Valet m20 Router with 1 Gigabit Connection. Now my Internet is a fiber Optic recently upgraded from 100mbit to 1000mbit or 1gbit. I know the speed is there since i can connect directly to my PC however i can't get more then 120 down / 150 up through the router.

I use a CAT 6 cable to connect to the Router. I can't change the MTU to more then 1500 and there hasn't been a firmware update since 2011. I assume the Router needs to be replaced however i still hope somebody can help me out.

When you say 120/150 are you talking about MBps or Mbps?

Where are you testing from? There are seriously very few services that can sustain that bandwidth. I know very few companies (other than the absolutely massive ones like Apple) who host servers on anything faster than 100Mbps Internet and those that do are sharing the bandwidth between thousands of people. Even the speedtest sites usually don't push that kind of bandwidth...

 

[Engineer]

When you say 120/150 are you talking about MBps or Mbps?

Where are you testing from? There are seriously very few services that can sustain that bandwidth. I know very few companies (other than the absolutely massive ones like Apple) who host servers on anything faster than 100Mbps Internet and those that do are sharing the bandwidth between thousands of people. Even the speedtest sites usually don't push that kind of bandwidth...

But he has already stated that he can get the speed directly connected to the PC, just no the router. The Cisco router is the bottleneck, no doubt.

Maybe this would help OP:

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/router-charts/view

I doubt there is much you can do with that hardware to help you get much better than what you already have. Time for a new router, IMO.