We have a new Linksys e1000 Wireless-N router, but we havent been able to get very good performace out of it. I tweaked the settings a bit, which made it alot faster. Is there anything else I can change to get more power out of it? We have 7-10 computers, etc using the router (normally not more than 4 or 5 at a time though.

Here's the advanced settings menu. Everything is default, except i changed Basic rate to All and Beacon Interval to 200 (just guessing on what to change). Like I said it boosted speeds up quite a bit..anything other suggestions? Thanks guys

AP Isolation: Enabled Disabled(Default: Disabled)
Frame Burst: Enabled Disabled(Default: Enabled)

Authentication Type: Auto (Default: Auto)
Basic Rate: All (Default: Default)
Transmission Rate: Auto (Default: Auto)
N Transmission Rate: Auto (Default: Auto)
CTS Protection Mode: Auto (Default: Auto)

Beacon Interval: 200 (Default: 100, Milliseconds, Range: 20 - 65535)
DTIM Interval: 1 (Default: 1, Range: 1 - 255)
Fragmentation Threshold: 2346 (Default: 2346, Range: 256 - 2346)
RTS Threshold: 2347 (Default: 2347, Range: 0 - 2347)

7/10/2010 3:35:36 PM

7/10/2010 3:42:46 PM

^fail

7/10/2010 3:43:50 PM

^,^^^ fail

7/10/2010 3:45:46 PM

anyone with tips?

7/10/2010 7:15:32 PM

what exactly are you expecting/experiencing?

7/10/2010 8:03:56 PM

overclock it

7/10/2010 8:27:50 PM

mainly the speeds are very bad. i was under the assumption that wireless-n would boost speeds...not do the opposite

7/10/2010 8:39:26 PM

what speeds are you referring to? Accessing from a networked server? downloading from websites? even a proper wireless g is more than enough for 99% of residential internet accounts, let alone n. even most business accounts are not going to push a g router's throughput.

[Edited on July 10, 2010 at 8:47 PM. Reason : wasted money.]

7/10/2010 8:45:42 PM

so your router is wireless-N

are your wireless devices also wireless-N

if all are, you could set up the router so that it doesn't even support old wireless-G devices

7/10/2010 8:47:58 PM

Quote :

"i was under the assumption that wireless-n would boost speeds...not do the opposite"

speeds to what? you do realize that your internet connection is probably, by far, the bottleneck if you're referring to internet speeds, yes?

[Edited on July 10, 2010 at 8:54 PM. Reason : and that that router isn't anything special. it's pretty much bottom of the barrel for N]

7/10/2010 8:53:12 PM

unless you're in Japan lol (61Mb/s on average, or so I've heard)

seriously, in America 16Mb/s is considered "fast", and a typical speed is like 1.6Mb/s
and the fastest Internet access, the third tier of FiOS, goes to 50Mb/s
while even wireless-G tops out at 54Mb/s
and ordinary Ethernet tops out at 100Mb/s
and wireless-N tops out at 600Mb/s (although most current devices are around 150Mb/s)
and finally that newfangled gigabit Ethernet goes up to 1Gb/s
I've even heard of theoretical speeds above 100Gb/s

The point is that the network speed of the router and the devices is only fully used for networking within the LAN, like transferring files between PCs or streaming media from a PC to a TV or something

7/10/2010 9:03:34 PM

basically, my point.

7/10/2010 9:15:45 PM

I wanted to have my lol

and flesh out the point

btw I'm not some weeaboo here, just stating facts

7/10/2010 9:18:27 PM

You should press the Turbo button.

7/10/2010 9:26:10 PM

TURBOOOOOO

7/10/2010 9:49:53 PM

HAI GUIZE I'D LIKE TO CHANGE A SETTING TO INCREASE THE SPEED OF SAID RFC STANDARD AND MY CHEAP ASS ROUTER

7/10/2010 11:33:25 PM

Despite all the haters your problem is most likely caused by the devices connected. If you're talking internet speed then nothing is wrong, just a bad day. If you're transferring within the network make sure all your adapters are wireless-N so the network doesn't degrade. You may also want to verify they are of similar chipset, or if possible the same line of products. Consumer products are notorious for pissing on competitors products - usually a result of poor implementation of the standard.

Also, I've never seen changing ANY setting inside the router properties change the throughput unless you're using a high-gain external/yagi antenna. Reset it to defaults, roll with it.

7/11/2010 12:21:28 AM

Also ...

Quote :

"We have 7-10 computers, etc using the router (normally not more than 4 or 5 at a time though."

And how many of them are doing file-sharing or other downloading? That is actually a lot of simultaneous computers (if all are being used heavily) for a typical household internet connection. Which brings up another question, you never mentioned what type of internet connection you are all sharing; do you know?

7/11/2010 12:32:44 AM

Quote :

"you do realize that your internet connection is probably, by far, the bottleneck if you're referring to internet speeds, yes? "

Not necessarily, when wifi is involved.

7/11/2010 3:16:06 AM

dbhawley, no one can help you until you clearly define the problem.

"poor performance" and "the speeds are very bad" are not valid problem descriptions.

7/11/2010 5:00:32 PM

^^you must have some primo Internets, at least 5MB/s

7/11/2010 6:08:46 PM

7/16/2010 8:47:19 AM

5Mbs is primo? Or was that tongue in cheek

7/16/2010 8:50:10 AM

gotta put some "fast-lookin" stickers all over it; get extra fastness with each sticker!

7/16/2010 1:21:12 PM

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=active&q=5MB+to+Mb

7/16/2010 1:44:10 PM

Yeah, but c'mon. lewisje didn't intentionally refer to megabytes. He meant 5Mbs and you know it.

7/16/2010 2:07:16 PM

I meant 5MB/s

7/17/2010 5:11:53 PM

i did this:
http://lifehacker.com/5580636/change-your-wi+fi-routers-broadcast-channel-for-a-stronger-connection

7/18/2010 8:57:53 AM

Are you losing any packets when you ping the router?

7/18/2010 9:38:42 AM