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Welcome! Wired > wireless any day of the week. And with moca, powerline, and vdsl ethernet extenders, it's easier than ever to get wired ethernet where you need it.

Even when wireless works, it has two major flaws--a single collision domain (so it is using the old 10Mbit ethernet CSMA/CD method to ...

Sounds like it might not work very well in our house.
Since it's a 100+ year old house.

We also have a couple of ungrounded outlets...so I would guess the wiring is probably not very good. You might be surprised at how well they work. I've just used some in a house with 1965 wiring and some ...

Lately, the fastest downstream speed that my Actiontec C1000A modem runs at is 6592Kbps. Although I
have my modem sitting on a well ventilated corner of my desk, it runs pretty hot! The enclosure has 4 very
short feet that don't raise the modem high-enough for the ventilation holes in the bottom of ...

I ran into the exact same issue years ago and started with 2 internet connections eventually using 3. My solution? The rv-series multi-wan routers by Cisco/Linksys. They were able to do the job very easily and with solid performance. There are many brands of multi-wan routers now, so you can take ...

I've seen this before when the duplex settings are wrong between both sides. The router may not be auto-configuring duplex properly. I'd set it manually on both sides and see if that solves the problem.

Philip's advice is solid. But I'd also look at your providers contract. If it says that they will install the modem in a room of your choosing, then the original installer didn't do their job and you should be able to get them to do it right.

Strange issue indeed. What time does the dhcp lease from time warner expire? Is it around midnight?

Changing the DNS settings shouldn't make anything stop working unless they're doing something custom/funny with them.

But why do you want to change them in the first place? Let's start there and see if there's another way to accomplish what you want.

Personally, I think it's more possibly the removal of the filter that did it. But it really doesn't matter anymore as you finally have full speed.

I've noticed this too, but it must just be the way the transformer has to work.

I've also successfully used non-switched US outlet splitters on 220v circuits. Just remember to make sure it's a good grade of wire and you're not doing anything crazy. Normal 'transformer' type electronics are fine. I ...

I've seen some weird stuff like this when the speed/duplex on my wired ethernet wasn't set right. See if you can manually set it on both sides and if things improve.

This can be easily determined by connecting a client via ethernet directly to the original modem/router. Yes, and looking at the Zyxel unit's specs, there's not going to be a way to replace it since it is the dsl modem as well. Checking the Zyxel with a wired connection is going to be the only way ...

There should not be a speed difference if yo use the TP-Link as a router, or as an access point. If anything, Access point mode should be easier on its hardware than doing the NAT router translation, so it should be a bit faster.

Keep in mind that you should only have one NAT router on your ...

I see. Do you know if your tplink router has a feature called 'MAC Cloning'?

I want to see if we can remove the zyxel and just use the tplink and see if we have the same issue.

Glad you were able to find a good router that handles the speed. I know I've seen a lot of complaints about gigabit routers not doing the job.

I don't think it's anything you did. Is there a way to can connect via wired ethernet directly to your internet access source? Then run a speed test and see what it is.

Have you tried it wired on your grandparents network? That's the first thing I'd do to see if it is a wireless issue or something more.

If you need something super-stable, why not just use the ISP modem in bridge mode and then use any regular router? This should give you the stability you want.

Wow I wish I had speeds like that!

You would have to get a new router, but that can be a bit of a pain since you will need one that can do gigabit on the wan side reliably. My vote would be to just use their router and use your old one as just an access point.

How cow! At $200 you can start looking into business routers which can handle any household traffic all day long.

Unless you're needing to replace it, I'd leave the router alone. If it isn't broken, don't try to fix it!

Glad you got what you needed.

And while power supplies may fail, they're cheap to replace. And most of the time the router is still good.

Wow, what country are you in?

I don't have any experience in this, but have run into various discussion on the same topic of multi-subnet vpn active directory deployments. Do some searches and I'm sure you'll find TONS to read. Good luck!

Yeah, that or just attach the instructions.

This is a very, very hard scenario to diagnose. How are you certain it's the Napco WLAN that's causing the problem?

Not to mention that you're not going to have any device that can feed that pipe quick enough.

But I've heard that iperf can do it. It's pretty easy. Post your results here too so we can all gawk at the awesome speeds!

This is quite odd. Are you sure your computer was negotiating at the correct duplex? I've seen this issue when the wrong duplex mode on the ethernet is selected/auto-configured.

Phillip is dead on. I bet if you run a ping, you'll also see very high ping times, which is horrible for any type of low-latency application like gaming.

I'd start with a ping and see if that looks unusual.

I hope you've found a solution to your problem as it's a tough one. I ran into a similar issue when trying to hardware Internet at a hotel that had 4 buildings. Luckily, they had 20 year old non-category anything plain copper telephone wire running between them.

And I used three sets of these ...