Hi guys,
About time I posted up another update.
Still having some problems. Yesterday I finally decided to try setting up the PC downstairs (our 2nd PC) which has NEVER had a previous broadband installation on it (just dial-up). On setting everything up and running some speed tests, the PC was indeed getting a 2mb connection.
I installed the router (as we need both pc's on broadband now) and finally managed to get it to work this morning (D-Link 604 router) .. hardwired ... set it up with Dynamic IP, and had to do a MAC clone to get it to work. Anyway, after getting it up and running it was still connecting at 2mb.
GREAT
BUT .... I then connected my PC to the router and I am STILL only getting 400k .... which is all I've ever been getting. I cannot find why my PC is only getting 400k and the other can get 2mb ?
My PC was set-up on broadband at my folks place ... and now I have my own account at my own place. I'm running on my own PID, etc. My folks have had the broadband at their place disconnected and the STB has been taken away.
I cannot for the life of me work out why my PC only gets a 400k connection yet the PC downstairs gets a 2mb connection (through the router OR connected to the STB directly).
If my ethernet cable had been "pinched" slightly when we ran it upstairs (i.e. the cable is faulty) would that slow the connection down ? (or would I just lose the connection) ?
Both PC's are set-up in exactly the same way (ethernet connections, never dial a connection, proxy settings off, etc).
ANY IDEAS ? It's driving me insane. I've had only 400k since it was installed on Sept 10th !
Note: I was only getting 400k when my PC was connected directly to the STB .. and I'm still only getting 400k with the router now attached (as of this morning).
Darren