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WRT54GS problem
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chas_wins
Newbie
Posts: 2
Registered: 11-12-2009

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I am using the WRT54GS router with two computers, one a desktop and the other a laptop, with both being WIRED to the router. Incidentially, I also have a wireless HP printer. The desktop is real slow with downloads and the laptop is "normal" (much faster). If I bypass the router and directly wire the desktop to the router then download speed is "normal". I have updated the firmware in the router. The computer is newer with a dual core cpu. Speed tests run at speedtest.net have the laptop downloading at 8 - 12 and the desktop at 1 - 2. What am I missing?
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11-12-2009 12:23 PM
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Re: WRT54GS problem
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chas_wins
Newbie
Posts: 2
Registered: 11-12-2009

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Mr Cook: Thank you so very much. I had reset the modem - it was the mtu change to 1300 that fixed my problem. Can you take a minute to explain it to me? I have used this router for two years, in two places. Something must have changed!
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11-13-2009 04:15 PM
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Re: WRT54GS problem
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oook
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Posts: 2891
Registered: 09-07-2006

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If you use these Router in 2 different places, that might be the reason the settings on your Router must have got changes, As each and every ISP has a different kind of settings, So based on it we need to configure your Router. MTU is maximum transmission unit (MTU) is the largest packet size, measured in bytes, that can be transmitted over a network.
Packets are the fundamental unit of information transport in all modern computer networks, and increasingly in other communications networks as well. They can be a fixed size or variable sizes, depending on the type of network and protocol (i.e., agreed-upon format). Each packet, regardless of its size, contains, in addition to its data, a header, which includes its source and destination IP addresses.
Any messages larger than the MTU are divided into smaller packets before being sent. Breaking them up slows down transmission speeds. Ideally, the MTU should be the same as the smallest MTU of all the networks between the local computer and a message's final destination.
MTUs vary according to the type of protocol and network. For example, Ethernet (the dominant LAN protocol) has a fixed MTU of 1500 bytes, ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) has a fixed MTU of 48 bytes and PPP (point-to-point protocol) has a negotiated MTU that is usually between 500 and 2000 bytes.
The path MTU of an Internet transmission path is the smallest MTU of any of the hops of the path from the transmitting address to the destination address, which is the same as the largest MTU value that can traverse the path without packets being further fragmented. A hop is a link or router that is crossed en route to the destination.
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11-14-2009 09:45 AM
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