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Traduk · 10-12-2005, 17:56

This router selection problem appears to be a nightmare of incorrect assumptions.

I checked out a Linksys WRT54G Version 5 and was assured by Linksys support and two people on this forum that it would correctly handle 10Mbits.

It arrived on Friday and in the past 24 hours I have experienced nothing but frustrations which were not much helped with two 0800 calls diverted to Manilla.

It will run at 10Mbits when it feels like it but will then choke and revert to a crawl. It swings from lightning fast to no better than dial-up and IMO it depends on the server at the other end.

The auto MTU negotiation does not work. I have since found out that in the USA this has been a fairly common complaint and some people are testing a new beta firmware release which does over-come the auto negotiation problem. The auto setting does not work but there is a manual setting of MTU of choice. I have ping tested to various servers and with the do not fragment settings in place it is obvious that an auto element is required. The setting suggested by tech support was 1492 but to some USA servers that is way too high a an MSS of 1402 (1430 MTU) is about the limit.

It looks like Linksys will come out with a fix (new firmware) but for the moment I have a brand new router with a strong urge to send it either back to the supplier (no easy task as RMA's will take hours of time and weeks of messing about for no purpose) or buy another brand which actually does work.

Does anybody have a router working on 10meg which consistently does the job. By doing the job I mean always as fast as though there was no router connected at all. I have had plenty of time on direct (modem\P.C.) and the speed is awesome.

Liam

10-12-2005, 17:56	#90
Traduk Inactive Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 312	Re: [Merged] Routers and 10Mb This router selection problem appears to be a nightmare of incorrect assumptions. I checked out a Linksys WRT54G Version 5 and was assured by Linksys support and two people on this forum that it would correctly handle 10Mbits. It arrived on Friday and in the past 24 hours I have experienced nothing but frustrations which were not much helped with two 0800 calls diverted to Manilla. It will run at 10Mbits when it feels like it but will then choke and revert to a crawl. It swings from lightning fast to no better than dial-up and IMO it depends on the server at the other end. The auto MTU negotiation does not work. I have since found out that in the USA this has been a fairly common complaint and some people are testing a new beta firmware release which does over-come the auto negotiation problem. The auto setting does not work but there is a manual setting of MTU of choice. I have ping tested to various servers and with the do not fragment settings in place it is obvious that an auto element is required. The setting suggested by tech support was 1492 but to some USA servers that is way too high a an MSS of 1402 (1430 MTU) is about the limit. It looks like Linksys will come out with a fix (new firmware) but for the moment I have a brand new router with a strong urge to send it either back to the supplier (no easy task as RMA's will take hours of time and weeks of messing about for no purpose) or buy another brand which actually does work. Does anybody have a router working on 10meg which consistently does the job. By doing the job I mean always as fast as though there was no router connected at all. I have had plenty of time on direct (modem\P.C.) and the speed is awesome. Liam