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[lamonsas]

no i didnt upgrade anything, my router came with firmware 1.32NA installed,  could it be that something is wrong with my cable modem? i originally replaced my DLINK 634M because i had problems with it , i never thought it might be my cable model?  is it possible?  

I could go swap the modem tommorow at the time warner center here in queens, NY.

i also noticed, i tried downloadinf iTunes from apple's website, cuz i know they have amazing download speeds, and when the download started it was 7mb/s download and then by the second it dropped and dropped until it reached the speed of 134kb/s and it stayed around that speed area. 

[ozzed3]

Do you have the possibility to connect your computer directly to the modem? If so, you can do that and then you'll know for sure if it is the router.

[lamonsas]

yes but heres the thing, just 2 days when i ran a speed test it was 14mb/s download but my downloads were still slow, my torrents were downloading with a maximum of 800kb/s,  which setting on the router could cause this? i tried disabling the firewall, QOS..

[Cobra]

no i didnt upgrade anything, my router came with firmware 1.32NA installed

Well then you may have the DNS relay bug...this was fixed in the latest beta which I doubt your router left the factory with.

[lamonsas]

dns relay bug does what exactly? i have DNS Relay on, should i disable it?  what is it exactly? can you please explain, thank you.

[ozzed3]

DNS relay makes your router pretend it is a DNS-server. It is completely pointless and very stupid. You should disable it.

Just remember to restart your computer afterwards.

[lamonsas]

could that be the reason why my download speed is so slow?

[lamonsas]

guys, i have been googling for the past 2 hours or so and i found someone that posted a similar problem like me with slow internet DOWNLOADS, not web surfing, web surfing is super fast,  but download speeds were not good , anyway, someone posted a solution for them to DISABLE IPV6 on their machine, hence my iMac, so i did just that and went into my network prefrances and disabled IPV6, my download speeds are back now, they are not full bandwidth still but they are much much much better, 

should i disable DNS Relay anyway?  would it provide any advantage in speed?

Btw guys do u have SHORT GI enabled or disabled?

[ozzed3]

Short GI has to do with wireless and you should leave it enabled unless you are having issues with devices connected wirelessly.

DNS-relay should be disabled also. It's "yet another thing" that can cause issues if you leave it enabled. It is not needed for home networks.

[EddieZ]

Short GI has to do with wireless and you should leave it enabled unless you are having issues with devices connected wirelessly.

DNS-relay should be disabled also. It's "yet another thing" that can cause issues if you leave it enabled. It is not needed for home networks.

I agree with Ozzed: Short GI should be enabled, esp. when you use N. The shortend GI is one of the N features

On DNS relay: it does exactly what it says - relaying the DNS addresses which are sent with DHCP. This way not all clients take up bandwidth to get their own DNS query out. For small networks this feature could add some value because it can prevent browsing with the wrong settings which in its turn can add some latency ('my browsing is slow').

[lamonsas]

yea but would that benefit me in anyway in regards of speed? i have a question also, in my imac's network settings there a setting called MTU , duplex and speed, mtu is set to standard 1500, duplex is set to full-duplex flow control, speed is set to 1000baseT, are these the correct settings?

[ozzed3]

Did you know that there is a help file built into the GUI?

Cut from it, it says:

"Short GI
    Using a short (400ns) guard interval can increase throughput. However, it can also increase error rate in some installations, due to increased sensitivity to radio-frequency reflections. Select the option that works best for your installation. "

And it also has nothing to do with the wired connection, so it won't affect your speed there.

[lamonsas]

no i ment to say would disabling dns relay benefit me in speed,   i have a question guys , under ADVANCED WIRELESSS what should wan port speed be set to? its set to AUTO at the moment

[Ronneske]

could it be your ISP is reducing speed over regular b2b ports?

You could try to use a high port number e.g. 34632 (or anything higher).
Open this port in advance-port forwarding for the ip number of the pc in use.

Set this port number also inthe b2b client. I use uTorrent and is working ok.
Advantage of uTorrent is that it is also a small program that does not eat all our pc's resources.

You might give this a try.

[ozzed3]

Many users of the DIR-655 reports issues with the DNS-relay. You can turn it off to make sure that that isn't the issue.