http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21164175 en Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:45:15 EDT Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:45:15 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21179061 aes128 : One of the reasons I got the Zywall 2+ was because they actually listed a throughput speed on their web site. This is something one cannot often find for other lower priced routers:

* 24Mbps throughput handing With Firewall On and Active VPN tunnel for FTTH and ADSL 2+

For expensive stuff like we use at work, Nokia Checkpoints and Juniper boxes, we demand such measurements but if a router costs $50, well what do you want?

The 2+ was around $150 so a bit more than most home routers but worth it, IMHO, anyway.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21179061 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:57:57 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21178714 MaxCras : That is another aspect that I completely forgot about :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21178714 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:17:13 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21178175 aes128 : Speed through a low end home router with the firewall enabled (if it has one) will never be even close to 100M even if it has 100BaseT interfaces. Some older routers are hard pressed to do 10M because the CPU in the router simply cannot process the data fast enough and the CPU is maxed out.

My router, a ZyWall 2+ is rated to do 24M max with the firewall on. If I FTP through it to the DMZ zone from the LAN zone which means the firewall processes every packet, it maxes out. The CPU will be 100% and traffic is way slower than if the 2 boxes were in the same broadcast domain.

It does not surprise me at all that some routers may have trouble at the 15M level. If you have the option, try to disable the firewall part of the router and see if that helps. Doing statefull inspection of every packet on a home router takes some processing power.

I have several old routers from years back that are hard pressed to keep up with the old 4000 speed. If I turn off the firewall part and just use them to do NAT, they do fine.

At work we have firewalls that easily do GigE speeds but these cost thousands of dollars.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21178175 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:53:08 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21165934 vslacks : Unfortunately, the firmware is the latest on Netgear's site (it's the WGT624 v2 model) and was last updated nearly three years ago. I also tried different cables, rebooting the router, turning off wireless, and unplugging all other devices plugged into the router. Couldn't get speeds above 8/1 through the router, but got 15/1 easily with a direct-to-modem connection. I'm going to pick up a new router today - hopefully that will fix the problem.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21165934 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:42:52 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21165432 The Joker : I have old router and I get the new speeds 15/1 without any problems.

Upgrade your firmware. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21165432 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:15:54 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21165325 daveinpoway : A firmware update may improve things, but, if you should need to buy another router, here's a list of some models that have been proven to deliver good speeds: »Optimum Online FAQ »What Routers are Compatible with OOL's 15/2 and 30/5 (BOOST) Plans?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21165325 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:05:31 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21164411 MaxCras : You got to remember that older consumer brand routers were not exactly designed with these higher speed connections in mind. Technically a router with 10/100 mbps lan connections should route 100mbps max over the wan port, but buggy or incomplete firmware could cause any number of speed related issues.

Check their site and see if there are any newer firmware files for the router and see if that helps]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21164411 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:54:04 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21164308 vslacks : Well, unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the issue. My router doesn't have a speed/duplex setting, but according to the manual, if a connection is 100 the light is green and if it's 10 the light is amber. All my lights are green.

This is really strange. This router is about three years old - I'm tempted to get another, but wondering whether that will actually fix anything.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21164308 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:30:29 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21164191 anon : I had the same problem. I simply opened my router's admin page and noticed for some reason I had my speed and duplex capped at 10MB. I changed it to Auto and got the 15 down right away.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21164191 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:06:31 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21164175 vslacks : I called WOW today about the new speeds and was told to reboot my modem to get the 15/1 speeds (I previously had 6/1). The good news is that when the modem is connected directly to my computer, the speed tests I've run show that I'm getting the advertised speeds. But when I'm connected through my Netgear wireless router, I'm getting speeds in the 7-8 Mbps range - not bad, but not close to what I get when the router is removed from the connection.

What's strange is that I've never had this problem before now - I've always gotten the full advertised speeds through the router. Any suggestions would be much appreciated!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21164175 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:02:02 EDT