Mama Needs a New Router

[billroper]

In the meantime, last night I noticed that our Internet connection was very slow. As in the 1.5 MB DSL line was downloading at 84 KB, although uploading was just fine. Ick.

I called technical support and discovered (after two trips to the basement) that my router had apparently lost its mind. So I'm off to Frys this afternoon to pick up a new one.

Since daisy_knotwise had noticed that Internet performance was sluggish, this will likely make her happy too. :)

Comments

[greenmansgrove.livejournal.com]

What kind of router? And what kind are you replacing it with?

[billroper]

The old one was a Linksys BEFSX41. So is the new one, although they don't even look the same, let alone have the same internals.

On the other hand, downloading is back up to speed. (No thanks to the Setup Wizard, which I finally aborted to enter all the data by hand.)

[greenmansgrove.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've found that most of the router setup wizards for routers are more or less useless, if you already know how to configure the router, but are only just irritating for people who don't know how to configure them.

But congrats on the faster connection. Welcome back to real speeds.