What the hell, got a router and internet connection is awful

Sirrel Squirrel · 24 May 2006 at 19:42

I've just bought a Belkin 7633 to replace my bt modem, I've got the modem/router set up and connected to my pc/mac/xbox and my phone line. With the BT modem I was apparently connected at about 7.6mbps and would get download speeds of 500kb/s plus. In the belkin router options it says my connection is 7.6mbps with 19db Attenuation (is that good or bad?) but my download speeds are absolutly awful, topping out at about 40kb/s :eek:

anyone know why the hell that is?

Sirrel Squirrel · 24 May 2006 at 19:51

Tried loads of places, downloads.com, adslguide speed test, my website, my ftp, apple, microsoft, bit torrent all get about the same download rate, uploads are at what I'd expect though (45kb/s)

edit/ I thought it might be a crappy network cable going into my pc but I've just tried the mac using wireless and I get the same result

Sirrel Squirrel · 24 May 2006 at 19:55

About 500kb/s

Sirrel Squirrel · 24 May 2006 at 23:46

Very strange, I'm now getting about 300 kb/s on a download, maybe it's a problem at BT's end.

Sirrel Squirrel · 25 May 2006 at 11:22

Got my Attenuation wrong, it's 30db and today I ran another speed test and it's 4.5mbps so it has to be the contention thingy, I've also turned on upnp now as well.

Sirrel Squirrel · 25 May 2006 at 11:28

Problem is definately solved, just downloading stuff from my ftp at 600kb/s, which is the fastest I've ever seen.