WRT350N - Slow, Slow, Wired Connection

My XP system seemed to die, Net-wise. I had a 6 month old Linksys WRT54GX4, and it seemed to have died...sort of. That is, if I tried to get into the router (wired), it would time out. I kept trying and eventually a few packets would leak in. I could eventually get to the setup, but it was SO erratic as to be impossible.
After I tried everything I could think of, I did an in-place reinstall of XP. No difference.
I went out to buy a replacement router. Fry's doesn't carry it anymore (a recall???).
So I got the fancy "N" 350 (didn't want N but it's what there is).
Plugged it all in. I have MORE connectivity, but speed test tells me my DL is about 30 (versus my normal of about 320).
Then I connected the computer directly to the DSL bridge and I get my full 320-ish. Through the router, and often the speed test doesn't even START. And to add insult, wireless is FINE. Just wired. I changed cables. No difference. By it working connected to the DSL, I have eliminated the computer as the bottleneck. But, did the 54 die, and the new 350 CAME nearly dead????? Doesn't make any sense.
Changing the MTU to 1365 (as suggested elsewhere here) didn't make any difference. It's an Intel Gigabit NIC (built-in on Asus MB).
Side note: when I enter SETUP, it keeps telling me that "VALUE IS OUT OF RANGE" for about three clicks. I look at my settings and they look fine. Happens on one or more other pages as well.
Frankly, I've always had issues with Linksys SETUP in the various models, so this doesn't surprise me.
Since wireless is working fine, I don't see this as being an issue.
Any suggestions??????

Hi… I would suggest you to download the latest firmware for this router, reset the router, upgrade the firmware and reconfigure the route from the setup page. Then reduce the MTU to 1365. On your PC change the card speed to either 100 Mbps half duplex or 10 Mbps half duplex. Now check the connectivity on your wired PC.

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Please help! Very slow wired connection as well!

Hi guys!
I really need some help here... I received my very first Macbook Pro yesterday and once I begun using it I noticed I was having the exact same problem as many people here with wi-fi connection: even though the system says I'm connected (full bars!) I can barely surf the web - it's either too slow or doesn't connect at all.
Ok, after reading many posts around here I decided to swith to the wired conncetion and update the whole system to see if anything changed with the wi-fi issue, but I was surprised to find out that the cable conncetion had the exact same problem!! It either won't connect at all or it will take more than 2 minutes (!!) to open a page (Apple's website, for instance). That's unacceptable, I have a high speed internet service at home!!
Also, the problem is not with my internet service, right now I'm writing from a netbook connect to the wi-fi net just fine....
Any thoughts, suggestions, pleeeeaaase???? I really wanted to love my experience with my Macbook and I didn't want to return it (it's got a gorgeous screen!!) but it's useless without an internet connection.... By the way, my router is a Linksys.
Thank you, guys!!
Renata

Hi, sig!
My router is WRT54G Linksys with updated firmware. My modem is TG508 Thomson, I´m pretty sure with a not updated firmware.
This morning I called apple and we fixed the wi-fi issue using open dns servers, it´s now working properly.
However, surprisingly the wired connection is still not working!! The apple lady told me to update my modem firmware and in case connection isn´t restablished after that procedure to take it to an apple tech for support since it´s then probably a hardware issue. I´ll try the modem firmware update but I´m obviously not taking it anywhere (my MAC is 3 days old!), if update doesn´t work I´ll rather return the machine.
I still have one doubt though: should that open DNS procedure been done also for the wired connection (ethernet)?? I understand nothing of that procedure (as you can see! all I know is it has been done exclusively for airport connection....
Thank you for your attention!!
Renata

Slow Wired Connection from WRT54G

I have a Dell XPS Desktop hooked via CAT5 to a WRT54G v1 running 4.20.7 in turn hooked to a BEFCM10 v4 Cable Modem hooked to Comcast 12 Megabit Service.
I feel that I am not getting the speed from internet that I am paying for. I called Comcast to troubleshoot but it ends up not being a comcast issue.
When I run Speednet.net internet speed tests with the setup above. I only get 9 Megabit download speed.   When I hook the desktop directly to the Linksys cable modem without the 54G router, the same speed tests get 12+ Megabit speeds.
What is causing the WRT54G to slow down the internet speed???

The WAN (Internet) port on your WRT54G is a 10/100 port, so that is not the bottleneck.   And, of course the switch on the WRT54G is also 10/100. One website that I checked claims that your router can handle up to 20 Mbps thru the Internet port, but I don't know for certain that this is true.
Are you running any peer-to-peer (P2P) software? This is a known cause for router slowdowns and disconnections. The problems can occur even when you are not using the P2P software, because it can take the router as much as 5 days to "forget" the hundreds of P2P connections, and regain this memory space. If you are using P2P, stop for a week, and see if this corrects your problem.
Are you using any of the router's "logging" functions? This is also a known cause for slowdowns.   The "logging" functions should only be used when you are having a problem with the router, and you need to track down some info. Otherwise leave all logging turned off.
Did you insert a "Domain name" into the router unnecessarily?   If you have a Domain name listed in the router, erase it, save your settings, and see if the router still works. If it does, retest the speed.
If none of the above correct your problem, I would suggest that you download and install the latest firmware for your router. (You need the latest firmware anyway because there was a security fix in the last firmware upgrade. )   After the firmware upgrade, you must reset the router to factory defaults, then setup the router again from scratch. If you saved a router configuration file, DO NOT use it.
Retest your speed after the firmware upgrade, and see if this fixed your problem.
Please report back with your results.
Message Edited by toomanydonuts on 01-31-2008 01:41 AM

Slow wired connection no anti virus used.

I have a 3T time capsule used as a hard drive. I also send out my wifi from it.
On Ethernet between my desktop and the capsule, to copy a file to the drive is about 30 secs per MB! Why might it be so slow please? Thanks.
ps - no anti virus software and doing manual copies /back ups to the drive.

Do you have wireless turned on as well as ethernet on the desktop computer.. ?? If so turn off the wireless.
Make sure IPv6 in ethernet is set to link local only on the computer.
No improvement check in the network preferences that the actual ethernet link speed is gigabit..
A simple ifconfig from terminal will show it to you if you don't know where to find details like the above.
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
options=2b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_HWTAGGING,TSO4>
ether 40:6c:8f:08:05:0c
inet6 fe80::426c:8fff:fe08:50c%en0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
inet 192.168.2.218 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255
media: autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex,flow-control>)
status: active

Slow wired connection with WRT54G

My ISP is Comcast.
I'm using their modem which includes my digital voice connection. From there I'm wired straight to the WRT54G and from there I'm wired to my PC. However, when I connect from the Comcast modem to my PC I get download speeds of 12mbps and when I connect from the WRT54G (wired) it drops to 1mbps or even 786kbps.
I've tried resetting the modem and the router. I've tried changing the MTU. I have the latest firmware version (v8.0.2). The last resort is getting a new cable modem (suggested in the forums) but I think that's out of the question since my digital voice is connected to the Comcast modem.
Any other suggestions? Thanks in advance!

Please state the make and exact model number of your modem (not the WRT54G).
Using an ethernet cable, wire your computer directly to the modem (not the WRT54G). Verify that you have a properly working Internet connection. Then do the following:
Go to "Start" > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt.
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Slow Xbox 360 Wired Connection Speed

My Xbox 360 Elite console is connected to my home network using a wired connection, but it has a slower speed (gathered using tests on this website) than all of the wireless devices connected to the network. The console achieves about 3 mbps, which is more than 3x slower than what all the wireless devices can achieve.
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ISP ---> Master Router ---> 5-port Ethernet Switch ---> Slave Router ---> TV
                                                     |
                                                     v
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I forgot to mention I recently changed the wiring of the network.
Old wiring:
ISP ---> Master Router ---> 5-port Ethernet Switch ---> Slave Router
                                           |                     |
                                           v                     v
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New & current wiring:
ISP ---> Master Router ---> 5-port Ethernet Switch ---> Slave Router ---> TV
                                                     |
                                                     v
                                               Xbox 360
The old wiring made the Xbox 360 download at ~300 kbps and not able to stream videos (neither could the TV). I don't understand why the change of wiring increased the speed so much.

Fast wired connection, but slow wifi

Hi, I can get around 60mbps on my wired connection from my desktop but on wifi I can only get around 2-3mbps. However if I reset the home hub or sometimes if I change the channel (currently it's on channel 9) then I can get around 50mbps on wifi but over time (perhaps a day or two) it'll slow down to 2-3 again.
Strangely upload isn't affected by this - only download.
The only devices connected via wifi are my android phone and my ipad so it's not a case of them slowing it down.
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Gregor

which router are you using?
you can try downloading inssider3 (istumbler if MAC) and then run it. This will show the broadcasting networks round about you and their channels including your own. If you then enter your router and change your wireless channel to a free or less congested channel.
inssider3.1.2.1
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Slow Internet on wired connection, fast wireless on same network

Hi,
My Internet connection has just been upgraded from 2MB/s to 10MB/s. To confirm the upgrade I have used www.speedtest.net with Firefox 3.5.1 to test my upload/download speeds. I have 2 computers on my network which consists of a cable modem connected to a white airport base station with 128 bit WEP encryption in 802.11 b/g compatible mode. The 2 computers are a dual 2.8 ghz MacPro which is wired directly into the Airport base station by Ethernet and an iMac 1.83 Intel core 2 duo which connects wirelessly. Both machines are running OS X 10.5.7. The much faster MacPro only achieves a download speed of 5.7MB/s over its wired connection while the slower iMac achieves 9.8MB/s - very close to the advertised speed over its wireless connection. Both upload at the same 512kb speed. These are consistent speeds not one offs so I am wondering why the difference? The MacPro is my main machine so I'd like to have the best speed possible on that.
I have tried connecting the MacPro directly to the Cable Modem, bypassing the airport base station and get the same speeds.
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Thanks for reading all that, I've put in as many details as possible, I'm really stumped!
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Alan Holwill wrote:
I have 2 computers on my network which consists of a cable modem connected to a white airport base station with 128 bit WEP encryption in 802.11 b/g compatible mode. [snip] The much faster MacPro only achieves a download speed of 5.7MB/s over its wired connection while the slower iMac achieves 9.8MB/s - very close to the advertised speed over its wireless connection. Both upload at the same 512kb speed. These are consistent speeds not one offs so I am wondering why the difference?
I have tried connecting the MacPro directly to the Cable Modem, bypassing the airport base station and get the same speeds.
First, be sure you're not confusing "MB/s" (megabytes/sec) and "Mb/s" (megabits/sec). These will normally differ by (roughly) a factor of 10. The value of "9.8MB/s" over 802.11g is presumably actually "9.8Mb/s", as the higher value exceeds the maximum rate for that protocol.
Second, what type of Ethernet cable ("CAT-x") are you using? An older cable can cut your maximum data rate.
What speed do you see with the iMac if you connect it via Ethernet?

BEFW11S4 wired connection too slow

My ISP provided advertised speed is 8Mbps. Direct connect to modem I measure 8.5Mbps. Wired connection to router only runs at 4.1Mbps. I am lastest firmware for this version. I am using DHCP to obtain IP from my ISP.
Please advise.

Your router was designed back in the days when 1.5 Mbps was a fast Internet connection. It's not built for today's higher connection speeds. If you worked on it, you might be able to get your BEFW11S4 up to 5 or 6 Mbps, but probably not more than that.
It's time to buy a new router.
Here is a web site that claims that they can measure the "WAN to LAN" speed of a router:
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/component/option,com_chart/Itemid,189/

Slow internet connection via AirPort on MacBook running 10.5.7

The internet connection via AirPort on my MacBook is frustratingly slow, and I have no idea why.
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I've had other AirPort problems since the 10.5.6 update - notably one common to a lot of people on here, it seems, of the AirPort dropping the wireless connection every 2 mins. This was only 'fixed' by the fairly drastic workaround of essentially abandoning my user account and connecting via a different one.
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Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.

For the slow internet problem, I've tried resetting the PRAM, turning off my cordless landline phone, changing the wireless channel - to no avail. I can't test the wired connection as my MacBook doesn't recognise my Ethernet port, it would seem, and hasn't for a long time.
I assume that you meant NVRAM as PRAM is not used with Intel-based Macs. Regardless, network settings are not stored here and resetting it won't really help. The fact that your MacBook is not recognizing the built-in Ethernet port is telling me that may have an issue with the system board ... that may be showing up as poor performance with the AirPort as well. I suggest that you take your MacBook in to your local Apple Store to have them take a look.

Slow internet connection via AirPort on MacBook under 10.5.7

The internet connection via AirPort on my MacBook is frustratingly slow, and I have no idea why.
I have an AirPort Extreme connected to a Virgin Media cable modem, a new iMac and a two year-old MacBook, both running 10.5.7. No problems at all with the wireless connection on the iMac - I get the full near-10Mbps download speed I'm paying for, despite the fact it's at the other end of the house. Not so on the MacBook, where I get barely 2Mb, even if I'm sat next to the router.
I've had other AirPort problems since the 10.5.6 update - notably one common to a lot of people on here, it seems, of the AirPort dropping the wireless connection every 2 mins. This was only 'fixed' by the fairly drastic workaround of essentially abandoning my user account and connecting via a different one.
For the slow internet problem, I've tried resetting the PRAM, turning off my cordless landline phone, changing the wireless channel - to no avail. I can't test the wired connection as my MacBook doesn't recognise my Ethernet port, it would seem, and hasn't for a long time.
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help...same here (mostly)
eight core macpro on the same wireless network (10 feet from extreme base station) as my macbook pro (2008 top of the line)
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help!!
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Very Slow Wireless Connection

I bought a while ago a WRT54G V6.0 and although the wired connection works pretty well, the wireless connection is very slow, I have trouble accessing web pages but once it enters a site i can navigate through it without a problem, but when I go to another website I struggle to enter. I have tried updating the router several times, changing the transmission channel and it seems nothing works. could someone please help?

try changing the MTU size on the router ui in the following order .... 1492 , 1452 , 1365 ... check whether it makes any difference ...

Slow Ethernet Connection on Mac OSX 10.5.3

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I own a Macbook Pro with 10.5.3 and I am having a lot of problems with really slow connection. This is only happening in OSX though. I booted into Windows to see if it was my card and thank god it isn't (I never got Applecare).
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Multiple computer slowing my connection down?

I'm using a Linksys E1500 on my Timewarner 20Mbs connection and I've noticed that anytime another computer on my network connects my connection speed take a significant drop. This happens when Macs or PCs connect and there doesn't seem to be any common ground between any of them. In addition the connection is slow wether the other PCs are idle or downloading anything, it seems to make no difference. my ping in any game drops from 70 to 500 just for 2 other PC being on at the saem time on the network.
When mine is the only one on I get the full 20Mbs speed and notice no problems at all. What could be the issue here? Did I possibly configure something wrong? Or do I need a new router?
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Is this issue only happening on the wireless devices? Test if the wired connection drops when you have wireless devices connected to your network. Are you running the latest firmware on your E1500? The problem is most likely firmware related. Get the latest version from the E1500 Support Page.

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Very much enjoying my, I mean, my daughter's, S12...! Only real fly in the opintment so far is the glacially slow Internet connection, even when plugged straight into the router. Other PCs on the network according to e.g. speedtest.net report a download speed in the region of 6.3 Mb/s; the Lenovo struggles to hit 0.50, which I haven't seen since the days of dialup... Is this right? Any ideas? (I have searched the forum but can't seem to find this particular problem.)
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Solved!
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Thanks. Have tried turning off AV and/or firewall to no avail. Just to clarify, I've tested it again, and if connected directly to the router via ethernet, it drops down to a speed of 0.52 Mb/s (only fractionally above its upload speed of 0.38 Mb/s!); if I pull out the wire, and switch on the wireless connection, it leaps to 6.32 Mb/s. Other desktops and laptops on the network, using both wired and wireless connections, report speeds in the ballpark of this latter figure.
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