Originally Posted by Johnyhewitt (Post 34748462)

Hi, yes its defo connected to the WAN port. Spent most of the day yesterday on the phone to Virgin's India helpdesk, that was a complete waste of time.

Are the MTU settings somewhere in the Router config pages?

I'll wait for you pabscars and see if you manage tp sort it. I was wondering how the router aportions bandwidth per PC, is it 50\50?

Originally Posted by Johnyhewitt (Post 34748365)

Got one of the new Virgin router's yesterday and connected it up via RJ45 to the modem and my PC. No issues and running fine, however, as soon as I connect another PC to the router the Internet on both machines slows down or stops completely.

Both machines are running XP and both are getting IP addresses. If you take one of the PC's off, the other then runs normally, connect it up again and both slow down or fail to get on the Internet.

I am using two RJ45 cables and it doesn't matter which machine I disconnect the other will run fine, connect the other up and no joy.

Anyone any ideas??? Both firewalls on both machine are off and so is ICS.

Cheers :)

Originally Posted by pabscars (Post 34750077)

I had 50 MB installed saturday just gone

Originally Posted by pabscars (Post 34749944)

Had a bit more of a play with the settings last night, as i noticed the xbox was downloading demos very slowly in comparison to my ps3, so i opened the nat in the router which seemed to make a big difference to the speed on the xbox live download.

The mtu value is in the WAN settings in the router config pages, these are accessed by typing in 192.168.1.1 into your address bar of your pc, then you will be prompted to enter your user name and password, which unless youve changed them should be admin and password.

then if you look down the left hand side you should see a box saying WAN setup, click on that then try playing with your mtu value, mines now 1400 but default is 1500.

Once youve changed the mtu value you will need to click the box at the bottom of the screen which says APPLY.

I,m not too sure how the router aportions bandwidth but the qos settings on mine are off, (maybe yours are on?) again these can be accessed the same way and are at the very bottom left hand side of the router config pages.

spi firewall is also off on mine, dont be too scared at having a play, i just make note of any changes, that way if things dont improve you can put them back to the original settings. I dont know if this will help you in anyway but it may help someone.

However I do have another problem.
ive made the mistake of settings up the new router using the same name and password (derrrrr) as my old netgear router, and when i check the vm wireless manager settings on the laptop its still says i,m connected via my old router (now disconnected) so it obviously cant be.

i think what is happening now is the router is connecting twice to the wireless laptop, once via vm wireless manager and once via the newly downloaded software disk that came with the 50 meg upgrade.

So my question is how can I sort this out, as the current download speeds are shocking through the wireless laptop and pc but now rapid through the wired consoles.

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Ive just thought, are both machines trying to use the same ip address?

Originally Posted by Johnyhewitt (Post 34750184)

Cheers, I'll have a go tonight. Has it improved your performance significantly?

Originally Posted by Johnyhewitt (Post 34750808)

Well, had a go last night and still no resolution. Adjusted the MTU settings and the NIC settings, still nothing. This is one fecked up problem as there seems to be little info around regarding this issue. Ultimately it has to be to do with the way the router uses bandwidth management within the LAN. I even tried this freebie software that purports to look after your LAN by optimizing your router settings, pish it was. As a last resort I got on the phone to Virgin again. Once more they hadn't a clue, however, they did say they'd issue me with a new router if the problem persists.

Originally Posted by pabscars (Post 34750967)

Exactly which router is it that you have, and have you tried ringing netgear customer support.#

I,m on the 50 meg package and the new router comes with full support from netgear themselves, not vm.

If you suspect it is a netgear router issue, then i suggest you contact them directly.

However if you have WGR614 version 9 router, this has tweaked firmware by vm so maybe netgear wont support it.

Did you answer my question regarding are both computers trying to use the same ip address.

Originally Posted by Johnyhewitt (Post 34750983)

I have the yellow which came with the box for the modem/router, however, I'm using another yellow and a long red cable to the PC's (they were cables I had lying around) That might be something to do with it. I'll try and use some grey one's also lying around and see if it makes a difference.

Originally Posted by southwell (Post 34750986)

Thats just networking cable, as long as its straight (the internal cables are the same layout at each end of the plug) then it wont make a difference what colour the cable is.
In other news i have had problems with PS3 on COD, joining parties mainly, i removed the router last night and directly connected with no problems at all. I think i might power up my old Linksys router later as the Netgear doesn't seem to be working 100%.

Originally Posted by pabscars (Post 34751048)

Ah right southwell, i was under the impression that the yellow ethernet was wired slightly differently, my apologies :)

initially i had loads of problems with the connection through the vm supplied but now its absoluteley spot on, as i did the port forwarding (not triggering), assigned ip addresses to all appliances, opened nat and lowered mtu to 1400 on the router and dissabled the spi firewall.

downloads always take less than 10 mins, and the gameplay online is absoluteley fantastic.

I played all night last night on cod5 and kicked butt all night, whereas before the connection on the ps3 was almost unplayable on cod5.

Initially i did what you did and tried it directly through the modem, and the difference was staggering, so i knew the router was the problem, thankfully thats set up now, and working a dream, and the connection on the ps3 is better than my xbox.

Originally Posted by southwell (Post 34751130)

Mines exactly the same except SPI and MTU, ill give your settings a try, cheers mate.

Originally Posted by pabscars (Post 34751589)

How did you get on southwell, I forgot to mention, what port numbers did you use for the ps3

Originally Posted by southwell (Post 34755955)

Heres a strange one. 4 bars connection for the last two nights, as soon as i enter or host a party i drop to 3 bars, coincidence? I'm not so sure...

Originally Posted by southwell (Post 34761970)

I added another port i found on a PSN thread and everyone on my team had 4 bars last night and no problems joining my party. It seems there is anohter port to unblock which portforward doesn't tell you about. I have SPI on and MTU at 1500.