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Posted by Rick Merrill on February 22, 2005, 11:35 am
stvwlf-reply@yahoo.com wrote:
> I have a 4 year old Netgear RT314 router which has worked perfectly
> until now. My internet download speed recently dropped from normal 3
> megabits to between 4 to 100 kilobits, intermittently. At times
> normal, at times very slow. I thought it was my ISP until I connected
> the PC directly to the cable modem. Everything then ran normally, all
> the time. As soon as I put the router back in, everything slowed
> again. I reinstalled the router firmware and everything again worked
> normally, for two days. Then it was back to slow slow. Took out the
> router and everything back to normal. What is going on and what can I
> do about it? Is this router dying? Can it be saved?
Yes, it could be getting flaky reads and requesting a resend, hence much
lower rates. It is usually cheaper to replace it than repair it. Have
you tried each port on the router? (assuming it's a 4 port router)
(And have you checked for updates to the router firmware?)
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