I just moved and was going to get a wireless router instead of the wired one I had before I moved. I didn't have the $ at the time.......so I went about 1 month with no now router and I was getting a DLing speed of around 1,700 kb/s.

I hooked up my router and now I'm downloading at 900 kb/s. My other computer is not even on and still download at that speeds. Is this normal? If so, how can i correct it. I have the wireless router signal secure.

Thanks for the help.

O yeah the router is a new Linksys

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one thing router manufacturers dont let on is that most of their products are only rated at 10Mbps, with newer ones hitting 100Mbps. These speeds are faster than your DSL anyway, and shouldn't be a culprit, but when transferring files between machines, a switch is a much better idea.

Onto your router. Its a linksys, but what model? does it have any fancy functions like stateful packet inspection? IDS/IPS? Firewalling? while these things heighten security, on consumer models, this slows down the speed. I'd go through the menus and turn off any such features to see if it changes your speed.

Also, are you testing consistently? same site, same time of day, day of the week, or just using remembered averages? I hit 8Mbps DL on my cable when I was grabbing Fedora Core ISOs from the FTP, but don't always get that speed elsewhere. Yes, with DSL, you are always supposed to get your full speed. But at Burger King I'm always supposed to get it my way, and they still put pickles on my shit.

I would also do testing using different computers, different ports on the router, and so on, the more data you can gather, the more likely a pattern or solution will emerge.

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But at Burger King I'm always supposed to get it my way, and they still put pickles on my shit.

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would also do testing using different computers, different ports on the router, and so on, the more data you can gather, the more likely a pattern or solution will emerge.

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/me golf claps.

excellent answer all around!

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Following da trend.

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Sorry, had two many coronas and was thinking that I was just seeing double. I fixed it now.

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Sorry, had two many coronas and was thinking that I was just seeing double. I fixed it now.

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Rite this is a complete shot in the dark as i am guessing you are in the states.

You said you moved house and are now getting slower speeds.

If you were asking this question living in England which is where i am from my answer would be that you have probably moved to a new house which is further from the telephone exchange then your old house, that would give you instantly slower speeds whithout you changing you settings etc.

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Ok, well i unhooked my router and got a download speed the averaged to be about 1,700 kb/s....Hooked the router back up and downloaded at 938kb/s..... I'm connecting with a wired to the router and the other computer is using wireless. I have tried at all times of the day and still get speed that max at 900kb/s with the router.

I'm on cable, not DSL anymore. I forgot to mention that.

The modem I'm using is one the company provided me. It has no firewall or anything on it.

I'm really frustrated with this right now. I've tried to turn of the firewall in the router and still download slow.

HELP!

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Just out of curiosity, did you update the firmware in your router?

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No, I'll try that and see if that works.

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BINGO!

Thanks for the help!!!!!!!

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