Automan2164 Posted November 25, 2011 Author Posted November 25, 2011 Still waiting on the router because of the holiday, but a quick run of the speed test on the hardline is: 21.49 MBPS down 3.14 MBPS up Not too shabby. Now if the wireless would just get here. Rob
Automan2164 Posted November 28, 2011 Author Posted November 28, 2011 Wireless finally got here... So much for the painless install. When running the linksys setup, it "Cannot connect to the router. Check that the router has been connected to the computer, and that the ethernet adapter is working." Rob :hateputers:
Automan2164 Posted November 29, 2011 Author Posted November 29, 2011 RAGE! Rob :hateputers: :wall: :headpop: :fs1: :fs2: :mad: :wall:
Automan2164 Posted November 29, 2011 Author Posted November 29, 2011 So much for the easy setup. Manual install it is. Should have done that in the first place. Speed test: 13.93 MBPS Down 3.20 MBPS Up Thanks for the advice along the way fellas! I'm now riding the cable superhighway! Rob :typing:
comanche12 Posted November 29, 2011 Posted November 29, 2011 IMO, Min of good average speed is 11-14 mbps I got 18 Mbps on speed load test on my iPhone app with wifi mode on. I think you need modern but if want wifi then get router too. That's it. PS: I would pick AT&T or comcast for band which internet. :typing:
carnuck Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 I just fixed the sluggish internet on my Linux/XP dualboot box going through the router. Went in and turned off the "search for IPV6" feature and ZOOM! at least 56K feeling now. Almost quit the freezeup Firefox was fighting before too! I opened 30 tabs and so far, no lockup!
comanche12 Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 IMO- Google chrome>Firefox>safari>explorer
carnuck Posted December 10, 2011 Posted December 10, 2011 Chrome keeps shutting off on my Linux machine
Automan2164 Posted December 10, 2011 Author Posted December 10, 2011 I've never played with Chrome, but the IT guy at work and I were talking today, and he was telling me that he prefers Firefox. He said that chrome (In his opinion) was built for straight up speed. He claims he sees a lot of crashing and threats getting through. Rob :dunno:
Jeepman Posted December 10, 2011 Posted December 10, 2011 Damn I though we got a raw deal here for internet but I see it is better then I thought... My Cable internet is their "upto 30mbs" Hard wired 25.50 MBPS down 2.5 MBPS up Wireless 24.23 MBPS down 1.94 MBPS up I pay just under $60.00 a month
terrawombat Posted December 10, 2011 Posted December 10, 2011 Damn I though we got a raw deal here for internet but I see it is better then I thought... My Cable internet is their "upto 30mbs" Hard wired 25.50 MBPS down 2.5 MBPS up Wireless 24.23 MBPS down 1.94 MBPS up I pay just under $60.00 a month Eh that's a bit much. When I was living in Nj I was paying roughly $40/month for 25down/15up on FiOS
mvusse Posted December 10, 2011 Posted December 10, 2011 I've never played with Chrome, but the IT guy at work and I were talking today, and he was telling me that he prefers Firefox. He said that chrome (In his opinion) was built for straight up speed. He claims he sees a lot of crashing and threats getting through. Rob :dunno: I have used Chrome occasionally on the desk top, but that's it. I might try it on mylaptop,as I found Firefox 8.0 has a massive memory leak. After being open for 3 days it had over 600MB resident memory. Closed it down hard to make sure it came back up with he same pages and history and upon reopening only used ~100MB.
Jeepman Posted December 10, 2011 Posted December 10, 2011 Eh that's a bit much. When I was living in NJ I was paying roughly $40/month for 25down/15up on FiOS But Your tax free In NJ aren't you?
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