Linksys BEFSR41 is capping my internet?

nooty · 11-04-2007, 12:15

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

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

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by nooty

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

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zeph

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

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

Nice bump there

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

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Halcyon

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.