| reply to NeedForSpeed5
Re: [Wired] WRT54GS Limits Bandwidth Do you have say SPI turned on. A bunch or port rules. Are you using the QOS. There are some settings that if done wrong or even correctly can slow the traffic down. |
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| said by KoRnGtL15 :
What version of the router is it? Could be to old and cannot handle the fast speeds.
Model No.: WRT54GS v.4
Firmware Version: v1.06.3
said by "no_one" :
Do you have say SPI turned on. A bunch or port rules. Are you using the QOS. There are some settings that if done wrong or even correctly can slow the traffic down.
I proceeded and checked the Security -> Firewall and noticed the note to the right side "Firewall Protection | Enable or disable the SPI firewall." I then set Firewall Protection to "Disable". I re-ran the speed test again, and I detected no improvement.
Port rules are all set to the null default zero. QoS is set to "Disable".
I try to use a much of the factory default settings if possible, except for setting up the wireless security, and did not use any special rules.
said by Engineer_TA :
Even the oldest GS should be faster than that. My old WRT54G maxes out my 10Mbps connection with ease. Something is wrong (or has failed).
I strongly suspect that either this router is failing or it was not designed to handle a bandwidth greater than 10 Mb/s.
said by spdickey :
Perhaps its a sick router. Hardware does fail. Try another one.
Instead of debugging the router or my network any further, I will probably just get the latest router model.
Can the latest Linksys router models handle a greater bandwidth beyond 10 Mb/s?
In principle, if 24 Mb/s comes into a router, shouldn't 24 Mb/s come out of it, or am I expecting too much? |
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TX CS AggieTX CS Aggie
join:2009-07-22
College Station, TX
kudos:1 | said by NeedForSpeed5:Model No.: WRT54GS v.4 Firmware Version: v1.06.3 I see stock firmware!
try tomato
»www.polarcloud.com/tomato
direct link to file :»sourceforge.net/projects/tomatof···download
step 1: DL and unzip tomato (will need »www.7-zip.org/ to unzip good little program better then Zip)
step 2: reset stock router firmware to factory
step 3: flash the right tomato .bin fin (WRT54GSv4 in your case)
step 4: after flashing about (2mins) log back in Username:root password:admin and wipe the memory clean "Administration/Configuration then under Restore Default Configuration, select "Erase all Data in NVRAM (thorough)", then click OK" it will take a while
step 5: go through and set back up your wireless and security settings
step 6: re-run speed test and plz plz show us the results
hope this helps |
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| said by TX CS Aggie:said by NeedForSpeed5:Model No.: WRT54GS v.4 Firmware Version: v1.06.3 I see stock firmware! try tomato For installing the Tomato firmware, I did all the above steps. Then I performed the speed test five times each without the router and with the router. Keep in mind in both cases, I used a Cat 5 cable and not wireless. Here are the results.
PC --> Cable Modem
Download (Average): 14.10 MB/s
Upload (Average): 1.71 MB/s
PC --> Linksys Router --> Cable Modem
Download (Average): 8.02 MB/s
Upload (Average): 1.73 MB/s
Router download seems to be stuck at 8 MB/s, while router upload is unaffected. |
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TX CS AggieTX CS Aggie
join:2009-07-22
College Station, TX
kudos:1 | well ... nuts
with such a good connection I don't think a new WRT54GL would make you happy with it's speed although that is weird that it tops out at 8 MBs. It might be time for you to get something with a gigabit switch in it. i have and am using a WRT54GSv4 but it is on a connection that tops out at 8 MBs on a really god day so i can't offer any testing.
any other idea people? |
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| reply to NeedForSpeed5
I repeated the speed test this morning, five times each without the router and with the router. Here are the results.
PC --> Cable Modem
Download (Average): 28.94 MB/s
Upload (Average): 1.74 MB/s
PC --> Linksys Router (Wired) --> Cable Modem
Download (Average): 9.422 MB/s
Upload (Average): 1.676 MB/s |
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2 edits | After reading around, it was suggested in a few other forums that playing around with the MTU (you can do this in Tomato) could help or even fix this. One suggested changing from 1,500 to 1,468 and another said start at 1,400 and move +-10 until you see something.
If that doesn't help, just for giggles, you should try the "ND" version of the driver.
If you do, telnet into the router and from the CLI (Command Line Interface), type the following...
nvram show | grep corerev
It must return a value of 7 or higher for the ND driver to work. If it's 7 or higher, I would try it. You may try to upgrade to the WRT54GSv4.bin first and then upgrade from there using the .trx file for the ND version of tomato (New Driver). |
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