router - non router question ?

[Punkychan]

I just took off my router and made a direct connections from my modem to the pc since I'm not using the other pc so much., but I noticed there is a different in speed loss.Before taking off the router the speed was between 10 - 12.7 mbps but after that direct hooking it lowers down to 9- 9.5 mbps.Is there wrong somewhere ?? I did the speed test a few times yesterday and today to see any difference in the loss packet.I'm connected withan ADSL.I thought it was the other way round ...??!!

 

[Mainframeguy]

could it be ISP

I'd guess the router would have a tiny tiny overhead - mainly only if you had something else using it - so my guess is just variation in service level from your ISP

 

[sean.ferguson]

*sometimes* and dont take my word for this, i would have to go back to the books but... i think some routers have built in repeaters, basically it repeats the signal recieved... so really it might have just been "boosting" your signal slightly.... simple solution, re-link the router 😀

 

[dreamliner77]

and as a added bonus you'll have a hardware firewall.

 

[celticfan11]

hubs are multiport REPEATERS
not routers 🙂

 

[PseudoKiller]

hubs are multiport REPEATERS
not routers 🙂

plus a 'repeater' would delay a packet not make it faster. I tell ya CelticFan11 these kids now a days. 😀

 

[celticfan11]

lol yeah if hubs made the signal faster people would actually use hubs again lol

 

[PseudoKiller]

lol yeah if hubs made the signal faster people would actually use hubs again lol

You mean they dont.... dahhhh derrr.. I thought they worked with magic or something... I am gonna stop now. I am being a bad mod. shame shame😱