Wireless Router Cutting My Speed Drastically

[cheapherk]

I hooked up my cable modem directly to my computer and got 30M. After hooking it up to my wireless router, an old Microsoft M-700, (main computer is hard wired) my speeds are down to about 12M.

It seems my wireless router is severely limiting my speed.

What kind of router would I need to get to avoid this?

 

[Jephph]

Any Wireless-G router should be able to handle that speed. Otherwise, you'll have to go with a Wireless-N router. By the way, what internet service do you use that you get 30M with?

 

[cheapherk]

Comcast. I just bought a new Motorola Surfboard Modem (SB5101). I was shocked when the speed dial at speedtest.net hit the other end of the dial. After hooking up to the wireless router (keep in mind that my computer is hard wired to one of the ports on the wireless router- it's not wireless), my speed was cut in more than half.

 

[Madwand1]

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com...,com_chart/Itemid,189/

 

[Jephph]

It looks like, from this site, the M-700 does around 21M in 802.11g mode and 12M in "mixed 802.11b/g mode" So... I'm guessing that either your computer only handles Wireless-B, or your router is somehow set to "mixed mode."

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Try resetting back to factory settings and starting over. It may not support T-base 100 ethernet?

 

[Jephph]

Originally posted by: Jephph
It looks like, from this site, the M-700 does around 21M in 802.11g mode and 12M in "mixed 802.11b/g mode" So... I'm guessing that either your computer only handles Wireless-B, or your router is somehow set to "mixed mode."

Therefore, ditch the Microsoft router, because even at full 802.11g speed, it still can't handle your 30M connection.

 

[Jephph]

According to Madwand1's post, this router should handle up to 53M. It also has 19 customer choice awards on Newegg, so it looks like a good choice to me.

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Try using a different router and seeeing if there's any change.

 

[Madwand1]

I'd suggest the Asus WL-520gU over the WRT54GL because it's similar, but better-priced, and might also have slightly faster hardware. But neither of these would be my first choice for a 30 Mb/s Internet service -- it doesn't make a lot of sense to me to go with budget legacy devices for such a service and to have the risk that if not now, then with some other configuration upgrade, etc., the router would again be the bottleneck before long.

The Trendnet TEW-633GR for example is a more modern and faster class of device, and is relatively well-priced now compared to its brethren and its past.

 

[cheapherk]

Well, I picked up a D-Link® DIR-655 Xtreme wireless router and couldn't be happier! My onboard ethernet card is Gigabit Ethernet and the router has 4 wired Gigabit Ethernet ports on it. Everything is as it should be.

Thanks for all the advice.