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thatdarngirl Oct 4, 2006

Okay so this isn't right. If my sister is using her computer with the internet and I try to use the main one on the internet it goes slower than the slowest dial up..

iwz Oct 4, 2006

close all programs that are using the internet, and visit this site from whichever computer is directly hardwired to the router: www.speedtest.net choose new york and post your results!

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

Without the router hooked up:
Download- 7504 kb/s
Upload- 1256 kb/s
Latency- 134 ms
Distance- 50 mi

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

With the router (and it's going faster than it was last night):
Download- 7703 kb/s
Upload- 1193 kb/s
Latency- 149 ms

But my sister isn't using her computer with the internet right now.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

With the router (and it's going faster than it was last night):
Download- 7703 kb/s
Upload- 1193 kb/s
Latency- 149 ms

But my sister isn't using her computer with the internet right now.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

It's like..off and on. It'll work really fast for a second and then stop working completely.

iwz iwz

Those speeds are good, but the latency is pretty bad. What ISP? Must be cable, right?

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

What is latency?

And yeah, Optimum Online.

iwz iwz

it's the time it takes for data to be sent back and forth from your computer to a server on the net.

i guess what you could try now is to hook up the router again, and while the one computer is downloading something (like an mp3, or a video, or some large file), run the speed test from the other one again and see how it looks.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

Download- 11518 kb/s
Upload- 1497 kb/s
Latency- 146 ms

It seems like it's not any slower now..I didn't do anything different to it though.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

Okay, well websites work all right but AIM keeps acting funny with the router.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

D- 12135
U- 1655
Latency- 91

iwz iwz

overall, it looks like you have a very solid connection with or without the router in place. what is AIM doing that is funky?

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 iwz

It keeps signing me off and on when the router is in place, almost like I lose the connection for a few seconds?

yay yayOG 2004

What type of router is this?

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

Wireless G Belkin Router. Compatible with 802.11b, 802.11g

ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002

Does it make toast?

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

It does get hot.

ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002

its the ports on your router...

check to make sure you're not flooding in everything....vice versa

ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002

ahnd use UDP with aim

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

What do you mean by "flooding in everything"?

Could the problem possibly be the PCI card I installed?

What is UDP?

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