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[barry luxton]

an aside question to Newts topic, routers.

The one i have with aol is at least 5-7 years old. The desktop is used through bt's phone line and we have the portable wireless one as well. All is very well apart from video streaming that can chug along sometimes.

Can an uptodate router improve the speed at which we recieve info? We have looked at download speeds etc and these are within aol's perameters as acceptable.

[Steve Walker]

Are you using wireless for everything? If you notice that the problems you've seen only happen on wireless connections and not with an Ethernet cable connection, you might get some benefit from upgrading your router and possibly your wireless adapters. Chances are, though, that the bottleneck is your broadband connection and not your local network.

[kirisute]

A router will only connect as fast as the local exchange will allow your line to. Regardless of how new it is or how good it's software is.
Some allow for better sharing of multiple connections and throttling etc, but even they can only work within the limit of your phone line speed.
http://speedtester.bt.com/
Run this test on your non wireless system and make a note of the connection speed and your ip profile.
http://www.anglersne...e-t4437375.html
Check my post here as well about testing your connections via the main bt input.
If things are somewhat slow then you might also consider one of these:
http://www.amazon.co...a...9229&sr=8-1
I've seen them add anywhere between .5 and 1.5 meg to a connection speed.
Finally you need to run speed checks regularly for a week or so to see if your phone line is staying constant or dropping speed etc at certain times.

[chesters1]

A router will only connect as fast as the local exchange will allow your line to. Regardless of how new it is or how good it's software is.
Some allow for better sharing of multiple connections and throttling etc, but even they can only work within the limit of your phone line speed.
http://speedtester.bt.com/
Run this test on your non wireless system and make a note of the connection speed and your ip profile.
http://www.anglersne...e-t4437375.html
Check my post here as well about testing your connections via the main bt input.
If things are somewhat slow then you might also consider one of these:
http://www.amazon.co...a...9229&sr=8-1
I've seen them add anywhere between .5 and 1.5 meg to a connection speed.
Finally you need to run speed checks regularly for a week or so to see if your phone line is staying constant or dropping speed etc at certain times.

the new faceplate did nothing for my speed as it was only a two wire connection anyway ,mine speed is 1.1 mb BT could supply .4mb and still call it broadband

[kirisute]

the new faceplate did nothing for my speed as it was only a two wire connection anyway ,mine speed is 1.1 mb BT could supply .4mb and still call it broadband

the whole infrastructure is a joke to be honest!

[barry luxton]

Thanks very much for the info, yes i looked at the other topic re speeds etc, my filters etc are working as normal, my desk top is not wireless, yet the portable appears to be functioning at the same level, i.e. the video's chug along sometimes. Yes i believe that although the ip talks a good job, what you receive is nothing like what they claim. Thanks for the info re the router.When i have time i will have a fiddle etc. off for a couple of days, most important. cheers.

[Steve Walker]

If your wired and wireless clients are experiencing the same delays, upgrading your router probably won't make any difference.

What connection speeds is ADSLSpeedTest telling you you are getting?

[barry luxton]

If your wired and wireless clients are experiencing the same delays, upgrading your router probably won't make any difference.

What connection speeds is ADSLSpeedTest telling you you are getting?

Hello Steve,


Down .914 mb/s

and up .352 mb/s and it appears to be a good average over a period of time.

And we are not too far from our exchange believe it or not.

This is with aol, honest we have not had any major issues with them ever apart from low video streaming.

B t are offering a super fast service in our area, bit a a sceptic when it comes to what they say and what we receive.

Edited by barry luxton, 23 July 2012 - 05:47 PM.

[kirisute]

.914 is atrocious speed!
What ip profile does the bt speed tester tell you your line is set at?
What's your local exchange as well? I'll check it's adsl features

[barry luxton]

.914 is atrocious speed!
What ip profile does the bt speed tester tell you your line is set at?
What's your local exchange as well? I'll check it's adsl features

thanks ,bear with us, off on a boat for a couple of days, sorry