Modem/router settings help

I've just switched my office from a USB modem to an Ethernet router, but
speeds not great. Signed up to 8Mbits BT ADSL business broadband and
using a Netgear DG834H modem/router (I've disabled the wireless). I
found one tweak that seems to have improved things quite a bit - changed
multiplex setting from LLC to VC - are there any other settings to
change or check?

thx

E.

On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:40:31 +0000, eastender wrote:

> I've just switched my office from a USB modem to an Ethernet router, but
> speeds not great. Signed up to 8Mbits BT ADSL business broadband and

What speed does it sync at? What actual throughput do you get? Is it
better/worse than the old USB modem?

> using a Netgear DG834H modem/router (I've disabled the wireless). I
> found one tweak that seems to have improved things quite a bit - changed
> multiplex setting from LLC to VC - are there any other settings to
> change or check?

The main thing you can do is check the wiring inside your premises.
Everything else is likely to be down to the laws of physics, about which
you can't do very much.

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alexd wrote:

> What speed does it sync at? What actual throughput do you get? Is it
> better/worse than the old USB modem?

I've not tested the speed - it just seems slower. What's the best way to do a
test?

> The main thing you can do is check the wiring inside your premises.
> Everything else is likely to be down to the laws of physics, about which
> you can't do very much.

In this case it's plugged straight into a single exchange line in N1, London,
so it should be a reasonable line I think.

E.

eastender wrote:

>
> I've not tested the speed - it just seems slower. What's the best way to do a
> test?
>

http://www.speedtest.net/

If you are in the UK http://speedtester.bt.com/

On Dec 11, 1:17 pm, eastender <dals...@nospam.com> wrote:
> alexd wrote:
> > What speed does it sync at? What actual throughput do you get? Is it
> > better/worse than the old USB modem?
>
> I've not tested the speed - it just seems slower. What's the best way to do a
> test?

the question relates to the modem line speed not to a throughput. This
is usually displayed on the web interface of the router.
http://newsnet.googlepages.com/maxdsldiagnostics may help it has links
to places that explain where to find this stiff.

> > The main thing you can do is check the wiring inside your premises.
> > Everything else is likely to be down to the laws of physics, about which
> > you can't do very much.
>
> In this case it's plugged straight into a single exchange line in N1, London,
> so it should be a reasonable line I think.

no extension wiring ?

Phil

PhilT wrote:

> the question relates to the modem line speed not to a throughput. This
> is usually displayed on the web interface of the router.

Yes, the modem shows a download speed of about 7880k and upload of 440k. I have
two computers connected at present - a Mac and a Windows laptop - and both show
about 1875k download and 340k upload using speedtest.net. I can't connect to
speedtester.bt.com

Does this indicate a settings problem?

thx

E.

"eastender" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> PhilT wrote:
>
>> the question relates to the modem line speed not to a throughput. This
>> is usually displayed on the web interface of the router.
>
> Yes, the modem shows a download speed of about 7880k and upload of 440k. I
> have
> two computers connected at present - a Mac and a Windows laptop - and both
> show
> about 1875k download and 340k upload using speedtest.net. I can't connect
> to
> speedtester.bt.com
>

If the modem is connecting at 7880kbps I would have thought that you should
be able to get a higher speed.

I like the graphics on this site:
http://www.speedtest.net/index.php


However if you use this site http://speedtester.bt.com/

it will tell you the speed in your 'IP Profile' as explained:
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/faq/se...radsl.html#225


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