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Router going bad?

zod96

zod96

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I have comcast 20+ MB download package. When I download a file going threw the modem and the wireless router Dlink 4500 (Its about 4-5 years old) I get about 1.3 megs down. If I go threw just the modem and download the same file I get almost 3 megs down. Is this a sign of a router going bad or just the overhead of the router and the modem together?
 
I have had older routers choke on higher bandwidth connections. A network I recently setup had a 50mb connection and for fun I tried to utilize that through a wrt54gs and the results were trash. The router's cpu usage would spike and choke on all the data. Linksys E3000 was the solution to that problem.
 
zod96 said:
I have comcast 20+ MB download package. When I download a file going threw the modem and the wireless router Dlink 4500 (Its about 4-5 years old) I get about 1.3 megs down. If I go threw just the modem and download the same file I get almost 3 megs down. Is this a sign of a router going bad or just the overhead of the router and the modem together?
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Remember that most internet speeds are rated at megaBITS/s and when you're downloading a file it's typically presented as megaBYTES/s, which will be about 1/10th(with overhead).

So I've got a 25mb package from comcast, i get around 2.5MB-3MB down, which is what I expect.

Also, i've gone through my share of DLINKS from that time period, they're pretty bad. 😉 You already got a new one, so good luck!
 
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