router causes slower max download speed

[noob with an RS 10+ year member]

my buddy just installed his netgear wgt624 router and his wireless adapter. it use to say it was only running at 48 mbps on the wireless adapter's computer. and then he called tech support and they helped him configure it so that it said it is running at 108 mbps. (he has a super G wireless router). he thought everything was all good then but ever since he did that hes been getting 20 kbps tops for his downloading speed (at the main computer that is conected to the router by wire.. i never checked the download speed of the computer that is linked to the router wirelessly but im guessing the same thing will happen since the main computer should be the bottleneck). he tested using pcpitstop.com .. im guessing there are some setting(s) he and the netgear techs are overlooking. he's tired of calling the techs because theyre indian and dont speak proper english and he can barely understand them and when he does it takes forevever to get something accomplished. im hoping someone might know what is causing his downloads to be so slow. when he took out his router and tested the download speed it shot up to 600 kbps. please help!!! hes saying hes going to return the netgear router, claiming it sucks, but he doesnt know computers, and im really thinking its a config setting that needs to be tweaked. im just not experienced in networking at all //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif anyone know what it could be??

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[_DjScrew_ 5,000+ posts]

that's odd. i was going to say foward ports.. but i'm not sure now. try a diff router?

 

[jacko 10+ year member]

Unless your running a network that deals with Gigabites of data at a time, do you really think it mattered in the first place that the wireless router was running at 48mbps, when the average cable internet is around 1.5-3mbps download speeds?

 

[noob with an RS 10+ year member]

regardlless, his connection is testing to download 20 kbps . that is nothing. thats slower than dsl... anyone have any ideas?

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Same thing happened to my ex g/f's dad when he hooke up a wireless router...

NG

 

[noob with an RS 10+ year member]

Same thing happened to my ex g/f's dad when he hooke up a wireless router...
NG

i hate ex-girlfriends!!!!! you? anyway, you ever figure out if he fixed it or not?

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

i hate ex-girlfriends!!!!! you? anyway, you ever figure out if he fixed it or not?

I tried my ****-dest...and I couldn't figure it out. Then we called the DSL service provider...and they sent us a new Modem/Wireless combo for free...and it's been great.

Yeah, I went out with her for about 2.5years...it hasn't even been a week yet... so needless to say, I'm just dealing with shit now. I'm happy, but my mind wanders a lot.

NG

 

[jer_stud56 10+ year member]

Hmm I wonder if my modem is getting my connection held back then cause I have a 256/512 connection and I get a max of like 60 KBPS downloading. Ill try this out later tonight and give back my findings.

 

[johnecon2001 5,000+ posts]

I've had the same problem with a couple of netgears. I switched to Linksys and the problem disapeared.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

I've had the same problem with a couple of netgears. I switched to Linksys and the problem disapeared.

The problem I experienced was also with a Netgear.

NG

 

[skeptikal Premium Member]

wireless connections are not as fast as wired connections regardless of the router....

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

same prollem here on DSL.... im only get like 172kbps.... garrrr

 

[iLL-Faded 10+ year member]

i get around 300kbs for some reason.... i use to get around 1.5-3megs

 

[jer_stud56 10+ year member]

this test is pretty good to see how fast your throughput is.

http://monitor.svtv.com/speedtest/speedtest.htm

Loaded 409,863 bytes in 6.189 seconds.

Your throughput is 530 Kbps.

 

[noob with an RS 10+ year member]

this test is pretty good to see how fast your throughput is.
http://monitor.svtv.com/speedtest/speedtest.htm

Loaded 409,863 bytes in 6.189 seconds.

Your throughput is 530 Kbps.

i got

Loaded 409,863 bytes in 2 seconds.

Your throughput is 1639 Kbps.

arent these kinds of tests invalid to compare two peoples connections especially if one lives on the other side of the country?