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I upgraded my home network, replacing a LinkSys BEFW11S4 with a new
WRT54GS.
Laptop cards for the family laptops were also upgraded to WPC54GS
cards.
I have Verizon DSL, with 1.5Mbit provisioned.
With my old BEFW11S4, I would consistently get 1.2-1.3Mbit down on
speed tests.
With the new WRT54GS, I taking a huge regression - 200k - 400k down, at
best.
Download speed is 4X-6C slower.
I do not have security enabled.
I'm basically using default settings - same settings I had on the
BEF11S4.
LinkSys (tech support via email) suggested I change RTS Threshold to
2304 (from 2432) and Fragementation Threshold to 2304 (from 2346). They
also suggested I change DTIM from 1 to 3.
My limited knowledge of what these advanced wireless settings do leave
me very skeptical as to whether or not they'll fix a 6X bandwidth
regression, but I will try them and post the results (right now, I'm
back on the BEFW11S4, until my kids tell me it's OK to take the network
down :^).
I'm open to the possibility there's something wrong with the WRT54GS,
and if (when) the LinkSys suggestions do not fix the problem, I will
exchange it for a new one.
Just a heads up on an odd problem doing a simple (and otherwise
painless) upgrade of the home LAN from
'b' to 'g'.
I will post findings, results.
/jim
I upgraded my home network, replacing a LinkSys BEFW11S4 with a new
WRT54GS.
Laptop cards for the family laptops were also upgraded to WPC54GS
cards.
I have Verizon DSL, with 1.5Mbit provisioned.
With my old BEFW11S4, I would consistently get 1.2-1.3Mbit down on
speed tests.
With the new WRT54GS, I taking a huge regression - 200k - 400k down, at
best.
Download speed is 4X-6C slower.
I do not have security enabled.
I'm basically using default settings - same settings I had on the
BEF11S4.
LinkSys (tech support via email) suggested I change RTS Threshold to
2304 (from 2432) and Fragementation Threshold to 2304 (from 2346). They
also suggested I change DTIM from 1 to 3.
My limited knowledge of what these advanced wireless settings do leave
me very skeptical as to whether or not they'll fix a 6X bandwidth
regression, but I will try them and post the results (right now, I'm
back on the BEFW11S4, until my kids tell me it's OK to take the network
down :^).
I'm open to the possibility there's something wrong with the WRT54GS,
and if (when) the LinkSys suggestions do not fix the problem, I will
exchange it for a new one.
Just a heads up on an odd problem doing a simple (and otherwise
painless) upgrade of the home LAN from
'b' to 'g'.
I will post findings, results.
/jim