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k1ng · 05-17-2004, 08:42 PM

I'm home(with my folks) for the summer. When I'm home, I connect my parents computer and my computer to a router to access the internet (and share a printer).

When I first got here, I was happy with the speed (it appears our bandwith cap had been doubled to 400KB/s). But as of the last couple days, my connection has been crawling--pages take forever to load, downloads seems a lil slow, and even downloading/sending e-mail seems to take forever. I unplugged my connection from the router and plugged it straight into the cable modem. Things seemed to be a little faster *now* when i don't use the router... even though a week ago things were great. It doesn't make sense to me.

Before I look into this problem any further, I want to make sure its something worth looking into. Is it possible my router is slowing me down? If it is, what should I do?

It's possible its just the service that's kind of sluggish and if that is the case, I will contact Comcast tomorrow.

Just wanted to get a couple opinions before I chose to pursue any of these options. Thanks!

05-17-2004, 08:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
k1ng Nothing Location: Atlanta, GA	Router slowing my connection? I'm home(with my folks) for the summer. When I'm home, I connect my parents computer and my computer to a router to access the internet (and share a printer). When I first got here, I was happy with the speed (it appears our bandwith cap had been doubled to 400KB/s). But as of the last couple days, my connection has been crawling--pages take forever to load, downloads seems a lil slow, and even downloading/sending e-mail seems to take forever. I unplugged my connection from the router and plugged it straight into the cable modem. Things seemed to be a little faster now when i don't use the router... even though a week ago things were great. It doesn't make sense to me. Before I look into this problem any further, I want to make sure its something worth looking into. Is it possible my router is slowing me down? If it is, what should I do? It's possible its just the service that's kind of sluggish and if that is the case, I will contact Comcast tomorrow. Just wanted to get a couple opinions before I chose to pursue any of these options. Thanks! __________________ "Delight in excellence is easily confused with snobbery by the ignorant." -Joseph Epstein Last edited by k1ng; 05-17-2004 at 08:46 PM..