wrt54g changing speed

Currently I have a network setup that around 20 people use. The way it
is set up, there is a cable modem which goes to a wrt54g ver.2 router
(we'll call this router #1). From this router, it goes to another
wrt54g ver.2 router (router #2) which is set to router mode (as opposed
to gateway). Also, from the first router (router #1) there is another
connection to a third wrt54g router ver. 4 (router #2). Another
connection from router #1 is a linsys 8 port switch (not sure what the
model number is right now.) And from that switch is a fourth wrt54g
router (router #4).

When the network is first turned on, it runs fine for a little while.
But after having it run for a day or so, it starts to slow down. Once
you make a connection to d/l a file or somethin, it usually d/ls at ok
speeds. The main issue is connecting. It takes long to connect to
thing like AIM, or even just trying to connect to webpages to surf the
web.

So basically, you start it up, and it runs ok. After a while it slows
down and the longer it runs, the more it slows down. I've called
linksys and what they told me to do was to change the MTU size to 1100.
They didn't sound too confident about this and didn't have any other
suggestions as to what may be the problem. I'm trying to get this
fixed asap and i'm not really sure where to check anymore.

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Currently I have a network setup that around 20 people use. The way
> it is set up, there is a cable modem which goes to a wrt54g ver.2
> router (we'll call this router #1). From this router, it goes to
> another wrt54g ver.2 router (router #2) which is set to router mode
> (as opposed to gateway). Also, from the first router (router #1)
> there is another connection to a third wrt54g router ver. 4 (router
> #2). Another connection from router #1 is a linsys 8 port switch
> (not sure what the model number is right now.) And from that switch
> is a fourth wrt54g router (router #4).
>
> When the network is first turned on, it runs fine for a little while.
> But after having it run for a day or so, it starts to slow down. Once
> you make a connection to d/l a file or somethin, it usually d/ls at ok
> speeds. The main issue is connecting. It takes long to connect to
> thing like AIM, or even just trying to connect to webpages to surf the
> web.
>
> So basically, you start it up, and it runs ok. After a while it slows
> down and the longer it runs, the more it slows down. I've called
> linksys and what they told me to do was to change the MTU size to
> 1100. They didn't sound too confident about this and didn't have any
> other suggestions as to what may be the problem. I'm trying to get
> this fixed asap and i'm not really sure where to check anymore.

My opinion only is that you are asking too much of the first router in
the chain and of the cable bandwidth as well. If you really need to
serve 20 connections you need better than a home-level router at the
modem and more available bandwidth at the cable. You should also have a
networking professional take a hard look at the network topology to
maximize performance, switches versus routers, etc.

In other words, the problem as you describe it is not unusual for
home-level routers that are really only designed to serve 4-5 active
connections reliably.

Q

Sorry to follow-up so late on this post but I have the same router
with a simple setup ie one desktop hard wired to the router and a
laptop with wireless. The exact same thing happens to me only it
doesn't take days for it to happen. My router speed slows down after
about 5 minutes. It's irritating and I'm about ready to chuck the
router and buy Linksys or something else. Actually I will probably
keep the netgear until I determine Lynksys is any better.

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 09:45:25 -0700, "Quaoar" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>> Currently I have a network setup that around 20 people use. The way
>> it is set up, there is a cable modem which goes to a wrt54g ver.2
>> router (we'll call this router #1). From this router, it goes to
>> another wrt54g ver.2 router (router #2) which is set to router mode
>> (as opposed to gateway). Also, from the first router (router #1)
>> there is another connection to a third wrt54g router ver. 4 (router
>> #2). Another connection from router #1 is a linsys 8 port switch
>> (not sure what the model number is right now.) And from that switch
>> is a fourth wrt54g router (router #4).
>>
>> When the network is first turned on, it runs fine for a little while.
>> But after having it run for a day or so, it starts to slow down. Once
>> you make a connection to d/l a file or somethin, it usually d/ls at ok
>> speeds. The main issue is connecting. It takes long to connect to
>> thing like AIM, or even just trying to connect to webpages to surf the
>> web.
>>
>> So basically, you start it up, and it runs ok. After a while it slows
>> down and the longer it runs, the more it slows down. I've called
>> linksys and what they told me to do was to change the MTU size to
>> 1100. They didn't sound too confident about this and didn't have any
>> other suggestions as to what may be the problem. I'm trying to get
>> this fixed asap and i'm not really sure where to check anymore.
>
>My opinion only is that you are asking too much of the first router in
>the chain and of the cable bandwidth as well. If you really need to
>serve 20 connections you need better than a home-level router at the
>modem and more available bandwidth at the cable. You should also have a
>networking professional take a hard look at the network topology to
>maximize performance, switches versus routers, etc.
>
>In other words, the problem as you describe it is not unusual for
>home-level routers that are really only designed to serve 4-5 active
>connections reliably.
>
>Q
>

oops, I didn't get this right. I thought it was Netgear. sorry
M