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nooty 11-04-2007 12:15
Linksys BEFSR41 is capping my internet?
 
I upgraded to 10mb service yesterday. Doing various speedtests i noticed the speeds hadnt changed, although logging into my modem i could see that had been upgraded to the 10mb service.

So doing the speed tests over wireless, i decided to wire myself up. Getting no better results @ about 4mb. So i decided to plug my modem straight to my laptop via ethernet. Wollah i get 10mb service!

I have a BEFSR41 that has a 10mbit rated WAN port, but this clearly is underperforming as im barely getting half of that.

Does that mean its time now to get myself a new router??
I have seen people saying that some routers have a 100mbit WAN rating but only perform at 15mbit. I want to make the most of the 20mbit when it arrives. Any suggestions for a router?

Thanks :)

Graham M 11-04-2007 13:09
Re: Linksys BEFSR41 is capping my internet?
 
a 10MBit WAN Port won't make 10MBit as it will most likely be Half-Duplex so the most you will ever see from it is about 6MBit (Inc TCP/IP Overheads etc) so if you want the Full 10Meg you will need a new router I'm afraid. As for 100MBit Ports only performing @ 15MBit... no... 15 MegaBYTES but not 15MBit

nooty 11-04-2007 13:32
Re: Linksys BEFSR41 is capping my internet?
 
Thanks for the reply,
What's the 15mb measuring though. Is that 15mb/s transfer rate on a 100mbit connection?

Down the Pub 11-04-2007 21:57
Re: Linksys BEFSR41 is capping my internet?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by nooty (Post 34272430)
I upgraded to 10mb service yesterday. Doing various speedtests i noticed the speeds hadnt changed, although logging into my modem i could see that had been upgraded to the 10mb service.

So doing the speed tests over wireless, i decided to wire myself up. Getting no better results @ about 4mb. So i decided to plug my modem straight to my laptop via ethernet. Wollah i get 10mb service!

I have a BEFSR41 that has a 10mbit rated WAN port, but this clearly is underperforming as im barely getting half of that.

Does that mean its time now to get myself a new router??
I have seen people saying that some routers have a 100mbit WAN rating but only perform at 15mbit. I want to make the most of the 20mbit when it arrives. Any suggestions for a router?

Thanks :)
just changed from that router and i had no probs with my 10meg speed at all,more than capable of 10meg.

downquark1 11-04-2007 23:15
Re: Linksys BEFSR41 is capping my internet?
 
Just to point out, there are several versions of that router, although I don't know the exact details its concievable some are better performers than others

Richy99 12-04-2007 12:06
Re: Linksys BEFSR41 is capping my internet?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeph (Post 34272478)
a 10MBit WAN Port won't make 10MBit as it will most likely be Half-Duplex so the most you will ever see from it is about 6MBit (Inc TCP/IP Overheads etc) so if you want the Full 10Meg you will need a new router I'm afraid. As for 100MBit Ports only performing @ 15MBit... no... 15 MegaBYTES but not 15MBit
i used to get about 7.6meg on my old cmx modem and that only had 10Meg port

wenwon 18-02-2009 15:59
Re: Linksys BEFSR41 is capping my internet?
 
hi all, thanks for the great answers and support.

i too have a problem that is similiar to the first person that started this thread. i have a befsr41 router linked to a 16 port switch (ezxs16w purchased in 2002); although i can't verify the version, i know that i've been using the befsr41 router since the year 1999/2000. my cable service was recently upgraded to 10 MB service but the speed test i perform show me that i can only get speeds of around 4 to 6 mbs going through the router. connecting directly to the cable modem allows me to get the 10mbs service.

i'm assuming that i have to upgrade my router, would i have to upgrade the switch (ezxs16w) too? does anyone know? thanks.

Aragorn 18-02-2009 16:35
Re: Linksys BEFSR41 is capping my internet?
 
Nice bump there :) :welcome:
A quick google for ezxs16w suggests that it is a 10/100 switch.
Therefore, as long as the new router has 10/100 ports they will talk at up to 100MBit, which should be sufficient to satisfy your shared 10Mbit connection.

Halcyon 19-02-2009 00:44
Re: Linksys BEFSR41 is capping my internet?
 
As downquark1 has pointed out there are several versions of this router.
You would be best going to the linkysys site and upgrading the router's firmware.

Dai 19-02-2009 10:58
Re: Linksys BEFSR41 is capping my internet?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Halcyon (Post 34736472)
As downquark1 has pointed out there are several versions of this router.
You would be best going to the linkysys site and upgrading the router's firmware.
I had to retire a V.1 of this router as it would not handle 10Mb. IIRC I tried a firmware upgrade without any real improvement. I suspect the real limitation is hardware-related, possibly processor speed.


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