rcnitrous7 Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 i bought this router for speed and it says that it had a theoretical maximum of 100mb speed and the comp the modem is on is 10mb but this comp only does 1.5mb! the other comp doesnt need all that speed! how do i configure this to send most speed to my comp?also: ive did everything under the sun and i still cant break 100kb/s, even for a second! please helpbtw im sure the first problem is the solution to the 2nd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Megabit is not the same as megabyte. Also, just because a modem says it can run at a particular speed doesn't mean it will -- what about ISP caps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcnitrous7 Posted February 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 i have optimum online they never cap anythingedit: i speed tested both comps so thats the real speed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoicJester Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Optimum online does cap excessive uploaders. If you can't get your upload above 15kB or so it probably means you've been capped, as optonline's general service is 15mb/2mb. And I'm positive they do cap because it happened to me once. I had to call them up and listen to them bitch at me before they would uncap me.As a side note, after I got myself uncapped I've been able to download at over 600kB. Use the torrent below to test yourself - people can usually max out their speeds on it. Credit to Animorc's profile for the link.http://borft.student.utwente.nl:6969/file?info_hash=%23O%7F%0D%1B%DCAn%AF%04%19%DE%C6%F2N%A5v%A1%9FL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcnitrous7 Posted February 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 ohh awesome so amazing download speeds are only a phone call and some bitching away?edit: open office torrent maxed out at 50kb/s... is that good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoicJester Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 if your upload is only 15kB or so. and you've forwarded your ports and stuff correctly, but I assume that falls under "everything under the sun" For reference, I have optonline's general service, and my upload currently reaches 136kB/s without breaking a sweat.I just remembered something else. I think optonline filters bittorrent traffic secretly as well. Turn on peer.lazy_bitfield in the Advanced Options, and also turn Protocol Encryption to enabled under Network Options. I've had to do that to maintain high speeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcnitrous7 Posted February 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 should protocol encryption be enabled or forced?cuz those 2 things are on...also, my upload speed was speedtested to be 56kb/swhich is madd slow i mean DUN on my cell phone goes faster then that!so am i capped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 @rcnitrous7: You seem to be getting bits and bytes confused. One byte = 8 bits, and when ISPs advertise speeds to you, they're saying it in bits. 56KB/s = 448Kb/s. Encryption should be left at enabled, no need to force it.What I mean by ISP cap is the speed they advertise to you -- your connection is capped to that speed (you won't be getting your full 100Mb). And FYI, 1.5MB/s is good considering that's faster than the 10Mb they're adversising to you (10Mb/s / 8b/B = 1.25MB/s). 50KB/s is NOT good for a 10Mb/s line =T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcnitrous7 Posted February 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 @Ultima:the speedtest is in bytesand i dont think thats too good because the downstairs computer is getting 15mb (the advertised!!!)ok so currently, as im typing this, i am bitching to optonline and they will soon fix it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 No, speed tests are in kilobits. I'm using my connection, and the test says I have 189 up. If I had 189 up, I'd be hopping happy. To clear it up... are you using the speed test linked to in the Speed Guide? The one at DSLReports?Hope the Optimum Online thing goes well =] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoicJester Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 try this - it's a speedtest designed by optonline. see what your bars compare to the the benchmarks they give. if you do come close to the benchmarks they give, it's a problem on your end, not optonline's. you have to use the username given to you by optonline to access this site - it's your email account.http://speedcheck.optonline.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Meh, call me paranoid or whatever (and not that I'm accusing Optimum Online of anything), but I'd rather trust a well-established third-party site (DSLReports) than the ISP itself... who knows if they rig the results? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcnitrous7 Posted February 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 the speakeasy test is in kilobytes (which is the test i use)and its MADD slow yoalso, how can i prevent being capped again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 No, the speakeasy test is in kilobits, but you upload and download files whose sizes they measure in bytes. TRUST me.You don't prevent your ISP from capping you... I said earlier, when I say ISP cap, I'm talking about the speed they advertise to you...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcnitrous7 Posted February 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 oh. i thought u meant the horrible speed decrease that they impose on unsuspecting people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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