I came across an article while searching for a new cable router which seams to suggest that some routers can inhibit upload speeds considerably?
From a technical point, it could be true! If you reason that 99% of traffic is down stream traffic, then you would direct the limited resources of the router to deal with that traffic.
From the articles and reviews of people that have recently changed their routers they have seen an improved in up stream bandwidth.
I wondering if any forum members have experience a similar improvement by upgrading their router.
From my own experience I have recently taken delivery of a Virginmedia superhub and I saw my upload speed go from 2Mbits to 3Mbits. Unfortunately I have had to set it to a cable modem since I can’t figure out how setup static routes on the superhub and had to revert back to using my Cisco E3000 router. The upload speeds have dropped back to 2Mbits.
Since Cisco doesn’t support the E3000 anymore (even though it’s only 4years old) and refuse to provide any firmware updates even though there are widely reported security issues with this router.
So I'm looking to replace it with a new router? I have toyed around with using DD-WRT firmware to upgrade my router, but I get the impression that the E3000 doesn’t really have enough memory or grunt to make the upgrade worth while.
Any suggestion of a replacement cable router that doesn’t inhibit upload speeds and has low latency or anyone had experience of upgrading a Cisco E3000 with DD-WRT firmware?
Many thanks
From a technical point, it could be true! If you reason that 99% of traffic is down stream traffic, then you would direct the limited resources of the router to deal with that traffic.
From the articles and reviews of people that have recently changed their routers they have seen an improved in up stream bandwidth.
I wondering if any forum members have experience a similar improvement by upgrading their router.
From my own experience I have recently taken delivery of a Virginmedia superhub and I saw my upload speed go from 2Mbits to 3Mbits. Unfortunately I have had to set it to a cable modem since I can’t figure out how setup static routes on the superhub and had to revert back to using my Cisco E3000 router. The upload speeds have dropped back to 2Mbits.
Since Cisco doesn’t support the E3000 anymore (even though it’s only 4years old) and refuse to provide any firmware updates even though there are widely reported security issues with this router.
So I'm looking to replace it with a new router? I have toyed around with using DD-WRT firmware to upgrade my router, but I get the impression that the E3000 doesn’t really have enough memory or grunt to make the upgrade worth while.
Any suggestion of a replacement cable router that doesn’t inhibit upload speeds and has low latency or anyone had experience of upgrading a Cisco E3000 with DD-WRT firmware?
Many thanks
