[OFB Cafe] Linksys Router, 10 meg internet

[Fred A. Miller]

Timothy Butler wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> I purchased a new cable modem after observing that the speed on the old
> modem (a Linksys one) would never reach what my plan was now supplying
> (10 meg). Stupidly, I did not try connecting the modem straight to the
> computer. But, I had been told the modem couldn't do a 10 meg connection
> -- I'm not sure if that's true or not.
> 
> In any case, I hooked up a new Motorola Surfboard to the computer, ran
> through the self-install and presto, I have a 10 meg connection -- until
> I reconnected it to the router. I now feel really dumb for not trying it
> directly connected to the computer. After updating the router firmware
> from it's old 2000-era firmware to the most recent (2004) version for a
> BEFSR41 1.0 model, I'm now up to 6-8 megs, but I still cannot reach the
> nearly-10 meg speed of a direct connection.
> 
> Any suggestions? Do you think this router is slowing things down or that
> any router would take this much of a bite out of a 10 meg connection?

In theory, it shouldn't.

Fred

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