Connection Help

Post by **97talon** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 5:00 pm

I am currently at my friends house trying to set up his wireless network. He got a laptop (easy recommended) and a belkin n wirless router. I ran speedtest to get an idea of what his speeds were (he has the same internet company i have). The first time I ran it I got a 385 ping and .05 mb/s download. WTH????? Any ideas?

Post by **Eclipse** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 6:29 pm

And then I went and touched myself. Repeatedly. Whilst listening to Björk.

Post by **EasyTarget** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 9:12 pm

First, you'd probably want to see if the problem is with the connection from the ISP and not the router.

Plug the computer straight into the router and see what result you get from the speed test. If it is the same, have him call his ISP.

If it is better then return that router and make him buy a Linksys router.

Post by **THEEND** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 1:56 am

yeah dude make him get a lynksys its the best router. I got one from walmart for about 60 bucks and it works great. I used it as my gaming router for my 360 no problems at all.

Post by **NookiemonsteR** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 1:58 am

solved my problems...
Went from 5mb/s to 20

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9664547

Post by **97talon** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 5:29 pm

So I'm at my friends house now. Ran the thing that nookie posted. Dropped ping down to 10, but the dl and ul speeds haven't changed. They stayed at around .12mb/s dl and .06mb/s up. I checked the companies website to see what the lowest speeds were that they offered in case maybe he got some weird insanely cheap/slow one. The slowest that they offered though is 1.5mb/s dl and 256kb/s up.

Then I plugged the laptop directly into the router. No change in speeds at all.

So before I have him call the isp could the router be that crappy that it bottlenecks it that bad? Should he try a linksys before bitching out the isp?

Post by **EasyTarget** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 9:02 pm

Plug the laptop directly into the modem and see what happens. That will let you know for sure if it's the ISP or the router.

Post by **97talon** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 6:42 am

Dammmmmitttt.... You couldn't have said that in the other post?

Post by **THEEND** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 10:48 am

I coulda told you that but i was too busy telling you how good a lynksys is LOl. WOEND

Post by **EasyTarget** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 11:04 am

Well maybe if it didn't take you a week to respond, I could've told you that earlier!

Post by **97talon** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 6:00 pm

It took me a week to get the time to go over to his house to try out the first set of suggestions!

Post by **THEEND** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:32 am

Because he was too busy touching his boss's nephew

LAWL

Post by **Eclipse** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:51 pm

Eclipse wrote: And then I went and touched myself.

Well...I don't remember typing that, but it does sound like something I would do.

Post by **NookiemonsteR** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:45 pm

Eclipse wrote:

And then I went and touched myself. Repeatedly. Whilst listening to Björk.

Haha, that pic was hilarious, then i saw what you wrote...priceless. That is something you would do.