Hi,
My ISP recently upgraded the Internet in my area (Virgin in the UK) and my Internet speed dropped dramatically. After speeking to their customer support (which was useless) I eventually ended up talking to someone helpful at Virgin. He decided that my cable modem was failing and replaced it with a new SuperHub2 (a rebadged Netgear) and the connection performance increased a little. But it was not to the speed I had previously had. So, I connected directly to the Superhub and I got the 50M I was supposed to get.
Does this mean that my router is failing? My router is a Linksys BEFSX41 which has always been reliable. I did a speed test on my LAN and found that the speed was only about 13M. The speed on the Internet varies between 5M and 11M. I think the ports on the Linksys are 100M so I don't know what is going on.
I have long been looking for a box to install Pfsense as I want to improve my security etc. but it is very hard to find a suitable box in the UK. I would use an old PC but it is difficult to find physical space for it in the room with my ISP connection.
Any suggestions on what might be causing my current problems and if I need a new router any suggestions on what to get?
DLD
My ISP recently upgraded the Internet in my area (Virgin in the UK) and my Internet speed dropped dramatically. After speeking to their customer support (which was useless) I eventually ended up talking to someone helpful at Virgin. He decided that my cable modem was failing and replaced it with a new SuperHub2 (a rebadged Netgear) and the connection performance increased a little. But it was not to the speed I had previously had. So, I connected directly to the Superhub and I got the 50M I was supposed to get.
Does this mean that my router is failing? My router is a Linksys BEFSX41 which has always been reliable. I did a speed test on my LAN and found that the speed was only about 13M. The speed on the Internet varies between 5M and 11M. I think the ports on the Linksys are 100M so I don't know what is going on.
I have long been looking for a box to install Pfsense as I want to improve my security etc. but it is very hard to find a suitable box in the UK. I would use an old PC but it is difficult to find physical space for it in the room with my ISP connection.
Any suggestions on what might be causing my current problems and if I need a new router any suggestions on what to get?
DLD