ashG
Occasional Visitor
I'm trying to solve some annoying network issues, and after consulting with some guys at DSLReports it looks like my router is the culprit rather than the DSL modem. If figuring this out means posting the DSL status, let me know and I'll take care of it.
My current router is a Netgear WNDR3700 v1 running DD-WRT. Everything has been fine for the past week or so, with consistent Speedtest.net and Testmy.net readings of around 5Mbps down. Last night while watching ESPN3 my connection went absolutely batty - fast, slow, fast, slow, slow for a long time, fast, no connection. I rebooted the router and it was lather, rinse, repeat. Today I've been holding a steady average of 1.8Mbps down. after a morning city-wide outage. AT&T did a remote line test and everything checked out, and my DSL modem status page checked out for maximum connected speed and clean, error-free connection.
That leads me to believe the router is the culprit. I've noticed that it takes a significantly longer amount of time to save configuration changes or even change pages today. Even after rebooting the router and letting it settle in, loading the status page takes upwards of a minute.
I've been planning on picking up a MikroTik 750GL and a UniFi wifi module and will most likely do that in the next couple weeks, but I need to stretch the current router's lifespan while I wait to order those and get them in. Any recommendations on what to look for in troubleshooting the low speeds from the router or configuration settings to try would be greatly appreciated.
My current router is a Netgear WNDR3700 v1 running DD-WRT. Everything has been fine for the past week or so, with consistent Speedtest.net and Testmy.net readings of around 5Mbps down. Last night while watching ESPN3 my connection went absolutely batty - fast, slow, fast, slow, slow for a long time, fast, no connection. I rebooted the router and it was lather, rinse, repeat. Today I've been holding a steady average of 1.8Mbps down. after a morning city-wide outage. AT&T did a remote line test and everything checked out, and my DSL modem status page checked out for maximum connected speed and clean, error-free connection.
That leads me to believe the router is the culprit. I've noticed that it takes a significantly longer amount of time to save configuration changes or even change pages today. Even after rebooting the router and letting it settle in, loading the status page takes upwards of a minute.
I've been planning on picking up a MikroTik 750GL and a UniFi wifi module and will most likely do that in the next couple weeks, but I need to stretch the current router's lifespan while I wait to order those and get them in. Any recommendations on what to look for in troubleshooting the low speeds from the router or configuration settings to try would be greatly appreciated.
