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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => Routers / COVR => DGL-4500 => Topic started by: criss14 on July 19, 2011, 06:57:31 PM
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Okay, so with my netgear WNR1000v2 I get 80 download and 4 upload but with the dgl-4500 router i get 20 download and 4 upload. This router is just garbage! Anyone have a fix for this?
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Attitude probably wont get you much help. We don't understand you if you don't help us with the details.
First of all you post a message about LAG in Black OPs. I tried to help you out however you never responded with results. My 4500 works great as per XBL sticky. We need details man.
What ISP service do you have? DSL or Cable?
What ISP modem do you have? Stand alone or does it have a built in router by chance?
How are you connecting to the 4500? Wired or Wireless?
Wired Cat 5e or Cat 6 is preferred.
What wireless modes are you running? Mixed? Single?
What FW version is currently loaded?
Setup Reserved (Static) IP addresses on the router for your devices.
Ensure DNS IP addresses are being filled in under Setup/Internet/Manual.
Ensure Advanced DNS Service is disabled if you have this option.
Ensure DNS Relay is enabled.
Set Firewall NAT to Endpoint Independent for both TCP and UDP.
Help us help you.
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Okay, so with my netgear WNR1000v2 I get 80 download and 4 upload but with the dgl-4500 router i get 20 download and 4 upload. This router is just garbage! Anyone have a fix for this?
You could also try the "Boost Button". Its on the right side of the router. It opens up all the ports and ships all the internets directly into your lap. ;D ;D ;D
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/STSamaritan.jpg/270px-STSamaritan.jpg) Make it go fast...
Or you could post some information for us.
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Might even be interested in use teamviewer.com with you and check your router settings out with you...
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Okay lets not attack the guy now. But yea attitude won't get you anywhere information and time will, you are being helped by the best guys in the industry of networking so sit back and let them help you.
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Chris
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I am sorry for the attitude guys. It's just I have been really frustrated but I figured it out. I was only running 65 mbps an now having it run 150. Can anyone help me achieve 300 though? I followed the sticky about it but can't achieve it. I am running g/n but tried n only and it still only reaches 150 mbps. Someone please help? Sorry about the attitude again
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Your apology is welcome, no need to get frustrated. Technology is like that to all, a little time and dedication will solve the issue unless the issue is far from a user solution.
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Chris
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Thank you for all the help. I was wondering how i could get 300 mbps instead of 150 mbps. I tried the sticky of it but still only get 150
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I am not understanding what you are requesting, on top you said the router was giving you 20 vs 80 and now you want 300Mbps on wireless? and are only getting 150Mbs? If I am correct this router shares the 300Mbps with all devices connected to so not one device can get 300Mbps, as it is shared.
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Chris
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Are you testing with only one device turned on? Turn all others off.
Are you sure the device supports N mode at 5Ghz?
Ensure the devices drivers are up to date as well.
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Nevermind i figured out my own question but i have one more. Why is it that one of my ip addresses are getting 121 mbps but my xbox isn't. My xbox is getting 65 mbps
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What type of cables are you using? If on wireless what type of wireless mode are you on?
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Chris
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wired and a cat5e for my xbox
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In the connection information your xbox should be connected as a 100Mbps device and how is the other device connected at 121Mbps? its either 10, 100, 1000 Mbps. What is your method of finding this number?
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Chris
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I went to status and then to wireless. It had my laptop running 121 mbps and my xbox 360 60 mbps. How can I get my xbox to run like my laptop?
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That is the rate that the device is currently connecting at, it may increase if needed or it may not because it cannot increase because it is not supported. Since your xbox is wired you already know that it is connecting at 100Mbps since the cable is cat 5 if the cable is cat6 it will be 1000Mbps depending if the xbox NIC supports speeds of up to 1000Mbps. Hope this helps
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Chris
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So a cat6 cable will make it faster if the NIC is supported on my xbox? Oh and how do i know if my NIC is supported? And are you sure there isn't a way for my xbox 360 rate to go up? I mean my laptop's rate is twice as much... Shouldn't my xbox be just as high if not higher? I thought this was a gaming router...
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Let me teach you some basic networking that will help you in the long run. I can tell that you are not familiar on how a network works to no offense to you sir. More speeds from the router does not equal to better speeds on the internet, they only would allow you those speeds in the LAN (Local area network) meaning inside your network, WAN (Wide area network) is a network that consist of multiple computers connected not inside your house. So you have a router and a modem, your ISP gives you a modem with a certain amount of speed based on the plan you have with them. Most likely their plan won't allow you to go even close to 100Mbps so you don't need that speed from your router.
In fact most of USA connections are below 50Mbps with most of the users on a 10Mbps and below. People who seek speeds of up to 1000Mbps are only those who want to transfer big file between computer inside their Lan, we are talking about big files being transfer in seconds or to simply stream a lot of movies to multiple Pc's in their household. I hope this gives you a general understanding on why gigabit routers exist.
In the box your xbox came in it should have the spec or google around for xbox 360 specs they. Or simply tell me the model you have. the 20Gb. 60Gb etc or the new Xbox slim model
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Chris
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The 360 xbox line only support 100mps LAN connections max. There is no Gb connections on xbox so the router will set it for 100Mbs. If your not seeing that on the xbox or router, I would check the cabling and swap out or get new cables. Cat6 is preferred regardless of connection speed however Cat5e is minimum required. Test a different xbox to see if your seeing the same problems or not.
The only way to get an xbox to connect at a faster connection speed would be to get the xbox 5Ghz WiFi adaptor, I got mine at Best Buy, set the router for single mode N @5Ghz only and the xbox wifi adaptor will connect at 300Mbs.
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The 360 xbox line only support 100mps LAN connections max. There is no Gb connections on xbox so the router will set it for 100Mbs. If your not seeing that on the xbox or router, I would check the cabling and swap out or get new cables. Cat6 is preferred regardless of connection speed however Cat5e is minimum required. Test a different xbox to see if your seeing the same problems or not.
The only way to get an xbox to connect at a faster connection speed would be to get the xbox 5Ghz WiFi adaptor, I got mine at Best Buy, set the router for single mode N @5Ghz only and the xbox wifi adaptor will connect at 300Mbs.
How much was the adapter? Oh and if I do buy it and the xbox 360 connect at 300mbps does this mean the connection at 300mbps would be better than wired?
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Its all about the bottle neck. It doesn't matter if you had a Billion Mbps transfer rate to the router, if your connection rate from the modem to XBL is only 5 or 10Mbps, it would make anything worse. And given the transfer-rate controls the way the data is transferred, it could actually make it worst. If your streaming from your PC to the Xbox, then yes, look into what Furry is talking about. If your just trying to get a better connection to Xbox live, go wired. And go wired to the modem first. Your not going to get any faster then that. Period. Unless your having problems at the ISP level or you can upgrade your service with them.
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So if I get the wireless N network adapter for the xbox 360 it should give the xbox 360 around 300mbps or somewhere around there correct? If I don't use 5ghz and just use 2.4ghz is there a difference between the adapter and the built in wifi of my xbox 360 slim 4gb?
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In order to achieve speeds of up to 300Mbps the adapter must support 802.11n which the xbox slim does support. Also as I said before, those speeds are only in LAN. higher Mbps does not equal to faster transfer rate only bigger file transfer rate. Also if your xbox is not reporting a connection of 300Mbps on wireless try changing the wireless mode to N and G only via the router configuration page. Hope this helps and always remember wireless is not the best way to game.
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Chris
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If you use G and N only on 2.4Ghz then the highest speed you can attain on the xbox using it's own wireless card is 130-150Mb. I do recommend using wired connection for gaming if you can man. Lessons the headaches of using wireless.