Re: [OT] Wireless Router WGR614v9 issues
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 01:32:28PM -0400, Daryl Styrk wrote: On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:51:30AM -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote: And after having to reboot constantly for weeks, I purchashed a PC Engines Wrap board, loaded up some M0n0wall firewall software and never looked back. If I'm looking at the correct site it looks to be discontinued and not a wireless device. http://www.pcengines.ch/wrap.htm It is discontinued, indeed. Replaced with a better one: http://www.pcengines.ch/alix.htm It indeed does not include a wireless adapter. But you can connect one through USB if you want. Mine runs Lenny (but without a wireless adapter) -- Tzafrir Cohen | tzaf...@jabber.org | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il || a Mutt's tzaf...@cohens.org.il || best ICQ# 16849754 || friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
[OT] Wireless Router WGR614v9 issues
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm having some issues with a new router. For normal browsing it seems to perform fine. However when I start to download large files speeds drop off from around over 1400KB/s down to 120KB/s. I haven't put a stopwatch to it but it seems to be around the same amount of time. A simple restart of the router and all is fine. This most often happens when getting binaries from newsgroups. Either that has something to do with it or just normally where the large files come from I'm not sure. Remembering reading something a while back about a lot of connections being the sinking point for most routers I cut those back to 10 from 20 with the same results. I thought that I was being throttled by the ISP, but then tried half a dozen times wired with large files and everything has worked as expected with speeds staying up around 1000K. I even noticed when moving large files across the wlan via scp or rsycn the speeds are a lot slower than I had expected. Starting around 2M/s dropping off to around 700K or less. I know the router isn't exactly the best of the bunch, it was the cheapest on the shelf. I've upgraded the firmware to the latest and greatest with no increase in performance. I'm at a bit of a loss of what to do next short of replacing the router. I read a bit about the DD-WRT project but it seems my model (WGR614v9) is not yet supported with a work in progress tag. And what exactly is going on? Some packet collision or something? I'm no networking guru so I don't know all the terms I should be searching for. Running tests at speakeasy.net/speed test shows me the following.. - -Wireless- (after the first 'crash' downloading) Download Speed: 831 kbps (103.9 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 1941 kbps (242.6 KB/sec transfer rate) - -Wireless- (after a router restart) Download Speed: 13376 kbps (1672 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 2773 kbps (346.6 KB/sec transfer rate) - -Wired- Download Speed: 14676 kbps (1834.5 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 2799 kbps (349.9 KB/sec transfer rate) So as you can see I would really like to get to the bottom of this. Any ideas on where to go from here or at least some things I should be searching for and/or reading about would be appreciated. - -- Daryl Styrk Naples, FL USA -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkoT8YEACgkQ6baBhW8Czri6XACdGDJKngxcHlPXTdVQHTKNFt8c p1kAmgI6JCrJJa7B5MoM4X0Up929AcXi =LPRl -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: [OT] Wireless Router WGR614v9 issues
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:51:30AM -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote: You didn't mention what kind of internet service you have. Cable, DSL? I ask because I remember having issues with a Netgear router when I got my first DSL line in 2001. The default MTU of 1500 cuased some issues. Setting it to 1492 seemed to fix downloads. Though the router would still freeze and need a reboot once a every couple of days. Currently cable with comcast. And after having to reboot constantly for weeks, I purchashed a PC Engines Wrap board, loaded up some M0n0wall firewall software and never looked back. If I'm looking at the correct site it looks to be discontinued and not a wireless device. http://www.pcengines.ch/wrap.htm Have you tried posting your question over at the netgear tech support forum? Seems active. I'll look into that. To be honest I completely forgot it was around. - -- Daryl Styrk Naples FL, USA -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkoUPqwACgkQ6baBhW8CzrgmFQCdEVIch9tulprXs3/PnMTST9Jv q6gAnjUUU2UtmLQhuOzeMnGDocd1ypXK =spxr -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: [OT] Wireless Router WGR614v9 issues
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 08:03:13AM -0400, Daryl Styrk wrote: I'm having some issues with a new router. For normal browsing it seems to perform fine. However when I start to download large files speeds drop off from around over 1400KB/s down to 120KB/s. I haven't put a stopwatch to it but it seems to be around the same amount of time. A simple restart of the router and all is fine. This most often happens when getting binaries from newsgroups. Either that has something to do with it or just normally where the large files come from I'm not sure. Remembering reading something a while back about a lot of connections being the sinking point for most routers I cut those back to 10 from 20 with the same results. You didn't mention what kind of internet service you have. Cable, DSL? I ask because I remember having issues with a Netgear router when I got my first DSL line in 2001. The default MTU of 1500 cuased some issues. Setting it to 1492 seemed to fix downloads. Though the router would still freeze and need a reboot once a every couple of days. I know the router isn't exactly the best of the bunch, it was the cheapest on the shelf. I've upgraded the firmware to the latest and greatest with no increase in performance. I'm at a bit of a loss of what to do next short of replacing the router. I read a bit about the DD-WRT project but it seems my model (WGR614v9) is not yet supported with a work in progress tag. And after having to reboot constantly for weeks, I purchashed a PC Engines Wrap board, loaded up some M0n0wall firewall software and never looked back. And what exactly is going on? Some packet collision or something? I'm no networking guru so I don't know all the terms I should be searching for. Have you tried posting your question over at the netgear tech support forum? Seems active. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: [OT] Wireless Router WGR614v9 issues
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 01:32:28PM -0400, Daryl Styrk wrote: On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:51:30AM -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote: Currently cable with comcast. Ah, so the MTU should be a non issue. And after having to reboot constantly for weeks, I purchashed a PC Engines Wrap board, loaded up some M0n0wall firewall software and never looked back. If I'm looking at the correct site it looks to be discontinued and not a wireless device. http://www.pcengines.ch/wrap.htm My mistake. The WRAP has been replaced with the Alix series boards. Some updated features but essentialy the same. m0n0wall is supported on the Alix. See: http://www.pcengines.ch/alix2.htm I like these single board computers for their versatility and their recycle factor as well. I currently use a Alix 2d2 as a dedicated music server. When time come to replace (if ever) the WRAP as a router, I can always find some other use (home automation? NTP server? ham radio related like packet?) for it is x86 based. You can go about adding wireless via two methods: Add a mini-PCI wireless card, pigtail, antenna to the Alix and enable wireless via m0n0wall. Or, you could just use your existing Netgear router as a dedicated wireless AP (turn off DHCP). When I was ready to go wireless I found it much cheaper to buy a used Linksys wireless router locally from Craigslist for $15 USD. I can also use the ethernets ports as a regular switch for wired devices. Please check out the m0n0wall software. All web based config with tons of cool features. http://m0n0.ch/wall/ Runs on generic x86 pc's as well. But the WRAP and Alix are super efficent at 5 watts load. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
