im downloading at just over 600kbs
 

Hi,

I'm d/l at just over 600kbs, what does that = in mb terms? because i'm supposed to be on 10meg. I'm on home 120 and pretty sure i'm not getting the full amount. I don't seem to have got this firmware update thing that everyone else has, strange. Anyway, i'll ring ts up soon. Cheers :confused: :monkey:

Re: im downloading at just over 600kbs
 

6mb (roughly) - so it looks like (as long as that is kilobytes and not kilobits), which is quite good for a 120 box as they have trouble with the "up to" 10mb service.

Re: im downloading at just over 600kbs
 

ah ok cheers. any ideas why i don't seem to have tgot this firmware update tho? shall i just try and get the 250 model :dunce:

Re: im downloading at just over 600kbs
 

That's about 5mb. It could be a number of things holding back the speed. The amount of people sharing your local UBR, how busy that traffic is, the modem itself, where you're downloading from, etc.

I have the 120 modem and get 7mb, others get much less, some get the full 10mb.

Re: im downloading at just over 600kbs
 

Yea i understand that, but i was led to believe there was this firmware update that was to sort all this out for the home 120 users.

Re: im downloading at just over 600kbs
 

Also if your using a usb connection for the modem this will limit you to 5mb.

If you are using usb switch to ethernet if possible.

Re: im downloading at just over 600kbs
 

I don't think i'm using USB, i have the Linksys BEFSR41 Router, and it connects int the back of my mac. Doesn't look like USB though

Re: im downloading at just over 600kbs
 

do you know which model BEFSR41? - version 2, for example, only has a 10Mb WAN interface & at half duplex will only do up to about 5Mb/s

Re: im downloading at just over 600kbs
 

Hi, yea it's version 2 i just checked the back. So it's capable of 10 meg? what's half duplex, how can i find that out

Re: im downloading at just over 600kbs
 

as far as i know it is half duplex - what that means is the router will wait for an acknowledgement from the destination before sending the next packet of information, so data only flows one way at a time - which is why it will only download at about 5Mb - you need a 10/100 Mb/s WAN interface to download at a full 10Mb/s, which the version 3 router has, but not the version 2.

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Oh god, looks like i'm gonna be going back to 2 meg. I don't wanna have to get a new router. Actually the reason i have this router is because i have my xbox and comp upstairs, and i tried putting the cable coming from the modem, straight into my comp and xbox, but it doesn't work.

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Is this the version 3...

Linksys Etherfast BEFSR41 Cable/DSL Router IP RTR 4 port 10/100,4RJ-45?

Re: im downloading at just over 600kbs
 

hard to say, the LAN side in V2 is 10/100 so that description could fit both. If you can see a picture, the Version3 one has a Cisco logo on the front of it, while the V2 doesn't.

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What does the 10/100 bit mean? i thought that meant it can do 100mb broadband :dunce: This stuff is so confusing, how are normal people supposed to work anything out these days.

Also, i'm on a mac not pc, there's no mention that any versions of the befsr41 work on mac's, but it does. Unbelievable

Re: im downloading at just over 600kbs
 

I know what you mean, but it isn't so long ago that networks were the domain of the ubergeek and I think a bit of that impenetrability continues - manufacturers assume anyone buying networking kit understands the jargon. ;)

Ok here goes, there are 2 'sides' to the router, the WAN (Wide area network) connects to the outside world via the modem/stb, while the LAN (Local area network) connects to the pc's.

On a version 2 befsr41 the WAN runs at 10Mb/s half duplex, wheras the LAN runs at up to 100Mb/s half duplex (the 10/100 just means it will work at either speed). The WAN is the bottleneck in this case.

On a version3 befsr41 both the WAN & the LAN run at 10/100, so will work at full speed with a 10Mb/s connection

<edit> it shouldn't make any difference using a MAC - as far as the router is concerned all ethernet interfaces look the same :)

Re: im downloading at just over 600kbs
 

That's excellent m8 thanks alot for that. I understand now. Right stuff it, i'm gonna go and buy a version 3 from pc world, keep an eye out for my version 2 on ebay very soon!

Thanks again, Don