Did cisco rip me off?

[majortom1981]

I do not think you will get anything over that speed that you posted. That router probably doesn't have the cpu behind it to go any faster then the improved speeds that you posted.

 

I suggest using an old pc with two gigabit lan cards and installing pfsense on it.

[sc302 Veteran]

Lots of things can be done to effect speed get rid of running apps. Stop people from using your network. We have absolutely no clue what is on your PC or network that could cause speed issues. For all we know your computer is hosting a midget porn site while you are downloading petabytes of torrents with or without you knowing.

Majortom, he stated that a tech was able to get faster speeds in his initial post. So I believe it to be an issue with the computer or network

[majortom1981]

Lots of things can be done to effect speed get rid of running apps. Stop people from using your network. We have absolutely no clue what is on your PC or network that could cause speed issues. For all we know your computer is hosting a midget porn site while you are downloading petabytes of torrents with or without you knowing.

Majortom, he stated that a tech was able to get faster speeds in his initial post. So I believe it to be an issue with the computer or network

HE also posted updated results that show 300/300. I know from experience that a cpu on the router can slowdown throughput.    He didn't say if those 700 speeds are from connected to the router or direct. Smallnetbuilder shows that if the router is serving wireless traffic along with wired traffic its wan to lan throughput drops dramatically.

 

These routers are great for smaller connections  but once anything over 100 gets connected to it you will get bogged down if you do more then 1 thing at a time.

[remixedcat]

Here's the specs including the clock speeds, RAM,FLA, etc on that router:

http://wikidevi.com/wiki/Linksys_E4200

 

CPU1: Broadcom BCM4718A1 (533 MHz)

FLA1: 16 MB (Winbond 25Q128BVFG)

RAM1: 64 MB (Winbond W9751G6JB-3)

Expansion IF types: USB 2.0

USB ports: 1

WI1 chip1: Broadcom BCM4718A1

WI1 802dot11 protocols: bgn

WI1 MIMO config: 2x2:2

WI1 antenna connector: none

WI2 chip1: Broadcom BCM4331

WI2 802dot11 protocols: an

WI2 MIMO config: 3x3:3

WI2 antenna connector: U.FL

ETH chip1: Broadcom BCM4718A1

Switch: Broadcom BCM53115

LAN speed: 10/100/1000

LAN ports: 4

WAN ports: 1

[+John Teacake MVC]

Just checking with the OP what is the advertised Internet Speed package, Link if you will! Have you thought about contention ratios in your building or wherever. I recon you might have made the old school boy error that alot of people do and confuse mbps and MB. Draw us a diagram of your setup... That speed looks VERY good to me especially with a 1ms ping time. Its as if its on your LAN. Heck in my lan building I cant even get 1ms ping times (Using Powerline Adapters however that is)

[capr]

This is the speeds without the router right now (a bios update made my computer's direct plug much faster)

 

 

so it's definitely the router. my setup basically goes from the wall to the computer. router comes right in between the two.

 

 

HE also posted updated results that show 300/300. I know from experience that a cpu on the router can slowdown throughput.    He didn't say if those 700 speeds are from connected to the router or direct. Smallnetbuilder shows that if the router is serving wireless traffic along with wired traffic its wan to lan throughput drops dramatically.

 

 

Good catch! that may be the cause of some of the speed loss. I am pretty convinced this is just a limitation of the router and I will need to buy a new one to get past it. although $180 to go from 300/300 to 900/900 isn't really good use of my money right now. 

[remixedcat]

You can dig up an old computer and build a PFSense box as your router (it can be run in a vm if your system is good enough) if you got good dual GBE ports.Then connect a switch and AP to the "router" and there you go. Budman told me about PFsense and it seems like it would be pretty cool. 

 

I kinda wanna do the same but I'll need to get  new parts for my spare system and I don't got the cash right now :(

[capr]

You can dig up an old computer and build a PFSense box as your router (it can be run in a vm if your system is good enough) if you got good dual GBE ports.Then connect a switch and AP to the "router" and there you go. Budman told me about PFsense and it seems like it would be pretty cool. 

 

I kinda wanna do the same but I'll need to get  new parts for my spare system and I don't got the cash right now :(

If Budman suggested it I have to look into it. No sarcasm, much respect for his expertise. 

 

after 5 minutes of research

This is very cool....I don't have a spare system with dual GBE ports but will bookmark this for future geeky adventures. 

[RottGutt]

Well, at this point you have nothing to lose by flashing the firmware to TomatoUSB. I did it to my E2000 and it doubled my throughput. If it doesn't help, you can always flash it back to stock firmware.

Tim

[capr]

Well, at this point you have nothing to lose by flashing the firmware to TomatoUSB. I did it to my E2000 and it doubled my throughput. If it doesn't help, you can always flash it back to stock firmware.

Tim

nothing to lose?? lol it's giving me 300/300 wired and 100/100 wifi. if i mess up the flash, i will brick it and have to throw out a $120 pos

[RottGutt]

nothing to lose?? lol it's giving me 300/300 wired and 100/100 wifi. if i mess up the flash, i will brick it and have to throw out a $120 pos

 

No you won't. I flashed my E2000 numerous times from custom firmware, back to stock, and then to custom firmware again with no issues. That is how I finally settled on the Tomato USB firmware I use now. I guess you could possibly mess up by not following the instructions, but most people on this site are smarter than that.

 

Tim

[+BudMan MVC]

Yeah your going to need a new router that can handle that sort of bandwidth.. Clearly from this benchmark your e4200 can not

 

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/router-charts/

 

 

Sure if you have a spare PC around, or something you can run Virtual then you could run pfsense..  As long as your hardware your running pfsense can handle it then sure it can move 1GB between wan to lan.

 

You can then use your router as just an AP for wireless, where it will be fine.  But routing wan to lan with the tiny cpu and cheap hardware they put into most sohos for under $100 unlikely to be able to handle such bandwidth.  But there are quite a few listed that can do it from the benchmarks look at the link above to find your new router.

 

Now I don't have a gig connection to test with for isp.. I would have to disconnect from internet and put something on the wan  side of my setup that could push out gig to test what my pfsense vm running on a hp microsever N40L could actually do..  Could use my desktop and laptop for sure - maybe I will do that when get a chance.

 

Any questions with pfsense - happy to help.