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[RamGuy]

Okay..

We have been doing quite a lot of network testing lately, because I've been experiencing slow upload speeds.

First of all we did go to our ISP (local ISP, so the support is simply AWESOME!) and told them about the issue and they assured their settings were right and that we got high priority on their network and a speed of 25 / 25mbit. (fibre network)

So then we started troubleshooting, we ended up with me turning my DIR-655 A3 (firmware 1.11) into a access point instead of a router as it has to be connected to our D-Link DVG-5802 router / gateway anyway, so no need for double NAT'ing!

Both the DVG-5802 and my DIR-655 got the usual speed optimizations, no SPI, no logg, endpoint independent filtering, multicast streams activated, upnp activated etc..


My DIR-655 is connected directly to the DVG-5802 with the use of a 5m CAT7 cable, my laptop is connected through wireless to my DIR-655 (N-only mode with WPA2 / AES only! running a Intel WiFi 5100) and my other computer uses a Intel Pro/1000 PT Desktop dedicated NIC adapter with a 3m CAT7 cable!

We were using SpeedTest.net with the recommended and closest server, the closest one is actually hosted by Hafslund Telecom whom are the same company as our ISP!

I got the same results with both my laptop (20cm from the router) and my other computer running CAT7 cable. The results were: 28mbit down to 16mbit down-speed (mostly around 20-18mbit, and never above 10mbit up-speed! Mostly 9-8mbit.

We ran the test like hundred times, without any other computers using our network. We tried it in the morning, mid-day and evening and repeated it a few days in a row, but with the same results.


Then we tried to connect my laptop directly to the DVG-5802 using wireless.
Note that the DVG-5802 is running B / G - mode (no N - mode whatsoever) and WPA AES / TKIP only, along with it having only two antennas. I was also sitting 5m away from it with a wall in-between, so the conditions should be much worse compared to when connected to my DIR-655.

And for some reason my down-speed is much more stable? Not dropping below 20mbit whatsoever? Mostly it is 26-24mbit compared to using cable with my DIR-655 resulting in mostly 20-18mbit.

And the upload speed didn't drop below 20mbit either?! That's twice the upload than through my DIR-655? It's mostly synchronized with the down-speed making it mostly 26-24mbit, and that's way better than never going further than 10mbit through the DIR-655?

I tried to re-connect to my DIR-655, also using my other computer with cable at the same time as I got these results when directly connecting to the DVG-5802, and through the DIR-655 the results were simply worse, more unstable and slight lower average down-speed and half the up-speed?


How is this possible? Even when sitting several rooms from the DVG-5802, with multiply walls in-between my laptop and the DVG-5802, and it running B / G - mode with WPA TKIP / AES I've got a stable 16-18mbit up-speed? Something is clearly going wrong with the up-speed when it goes through the DIR-655? Why is this?

[ttmcmurry]

Why are you connecting the DIR-655 to the DVG-5802S in the first place? 

I've been trying to find what division of D-Link sells this product for the last 15 minutes and my mind is burning from the experience and I never found it.

From the retail information I could google on it, the DVG is like a DIR-825 without the 5ghz channel, but with 3 more gigabit ports and two VoIP phone jacks.

I did find a post of yours at smallnetbuilder regarding the same issue and I'm guessing you are having signal issues...

Try just using the DVG only - see what signal strength you get, how reliable it is, what channel it's on (same as old router?), etc.  How far away (in feet or meters) is the target computer from the DVG?  How many walls/objects are between the two?  What are the walls made of?  Is it a line-of-sight or at an angle? 

[RamGuy]

The DIR-655 is hooked up for a few reasons:

1 - I've got multiply computers on my own, easiest way to hook up these along with my Xbox360 is using the DIR-655 as a switch in my room

2 - I'm the only one with Wireless-N notebook, so I'm using the DIR-655 as wireless access point to get the "benefit" of wireless-N, the DVG-5802 has been set-up to use B / G only.

I know it's quite odd that no D-Link website lists the DVG-5802?
We are selling it at work, and it's has become somewhat popular among IPS here in Norway as it's quite powerful, and got tons of gigabit ports along with a built-in VoIP which is the main reason for our ISP to supply us with this gateway / router as we've got both VoIP and IPTV from them, making three of the seven ports being for television only (got their own locked bandwidth) and no need for an extra VoIP device.

But not even D-Link Norway lists or got any support on this DVG-5802 aka Andybox?


It's not the DVG-5802 being the problem, because when running cable connection or wireless (despite running G-mode) makes things work really stable and got twice the upload bandwidth when running cable or wireless through the DIR-655? For some reason, even when sitting right beside my DIR-655 and using wireless or simply using cable connection there is no way to get over 10mbit upload?

When connecting with wireless or cable directly to the DVG-5802 I never drop below 20mbit upload?
Not even when sitting multiplay rooms away from the DVG-5802, with multiply wooden walls in-between my laptop and the gateway I barley drop below 18mbit upload? When running through my DIR-655 with ideal wireless conditions or running cable I never get anything better than 10mbit?

I've tried with all the different channels on my DIR-655, not making any difference?
But I don't think it has anything to do with the wireless part of the DIR-655 in the first place, as it's the same trouble while running cable connection, it's like the DIR-655 just wont handle more than 10mibt upload bandwidth for some reason?

[thecreator]

Hi RamGuy,

The Speed Test you are running is going through the DVG-5802 Router, which you set up to use B / G only. That's why the Internet is slow.

Remove the DVG-5802 Router from the equation and redo the Speed Test and see what you get.

[RamGuy]

How on earth does the B / G setting on the DVG-5802 affect my DIR-655?

Here is how it goes:

ISP --Fibre optic--> DVG-5802 --CAT7cable--> DIR-655 --> N-wireless to my laptop / cat7cable to my other computer

I can't toss the DVG-5802 as it's pre-configured by our ISP and we will loose our IPTV etc.. if replacing / removing it.

[Lycan]

ram
Whats the WAN ip address of the 655?
Also if that DVG is just for voice, put it on the LAN of the 655.

[RamGuy]

There is no WAN when using it's as a access point only (no DHCP)
We can't replace the DVG-5802 as main gateway / router because there is a reason why we need seven ports, three of these ports are specially design / pre-configured to feed our IP-televisions, they've got their own separate network and bandwidth not affected by our Internet bandwidth.