- Feb 21, 2009
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Hi folks!
This community has been incredible for research into my IP issues. Thank you!
TLDR:
Verizon ADSL (PPPoE) 10mbit service. Original (11 year-old) Westel 327W started getting flaky at around 9 years of use. Replaced with newer 7500 that a friend gave me. Two years later, the 7500 became just as flaky as the 327W.
Purchased a DM200 to pair with an already owned (but brand new, in box) WGR614v6. Successfully installed the DM200 in bridge (modem only) mode and paired with the WGR614v6. Flakiness fixed but throughput is way off. Both Westells were averaging 11mbit throughput (1.3 MB/s). The new Netgear combo is operating in the 5-6mbit range (700ish KB/s). Pings seem to remain unchanged. The Netgear units are running their latest firmware.
Are there any optimizations that can be done to actually attain the 10mbit service that I'm paying (far too much) for? All the "optimization guides" I've found online address TCP/IP in each computer connected to the network. I can't find any insight to the network hardware itself.
Thanks!
This community has been incredible for research into my IP issues. Thank you!
TLDR:
Verizon ADSL (PPPoE) 10mbit service. Original (11 year-old) Westel 327W started getting flaky at around 9 years of use. Replaced with newer 7500 that a friend gave me. Two years later, the 7500 became just as flaky as the 327W.
Purchased a DM200 to pair with an already owned (but brand new, in box) WGR614v6. Successfully installed the DM200 in bridge (modem only) mode and paired with the WGR614v6. Flakiness fixed but throughput is way off. Both Westells were averaging 11mbit throughput (1.3 MB/s). The new Netgear combo is operating in the 5-6mbit range (700ish KB/s). Pings seem to remain unchanged. The Netgear units are running their latest firmware.
Are there any optimizations that can be done to actually attain the 10mbit service that I'm paying (far too much) for? All the "optimization guides" I've found online address TCP/IP in each computer connected to the network. I can't find any insight to the network hardware itself.
Thanks!
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