I recently subscribed to 1000Mb/s fiber. I have a Huawei modem/router, but it has been set to pure modem mode.
If I connect my W520 directly to the modem and run myspeedmeter.net after disabling all my AV/firewall software to max speed, I regularly get 800-900M down, 700+M up. This is with nothing else plugged into the modem, even a router.
If I connect my W520 directly to my RT-NT56U, even without setting jumbo frames etc. on the W520 and with all other settings being the same (i.e. no firewall/AV), I get similar speeds. However, this is only with nothing else plugged into the NT56U.
I have now plugged all my other stuff in. Roughly:
Modem => NT-56U => 8-port switch 3Com Gigabit (and Jumbo Frame supporting) dumb-Switch #1 ("Switch 1")
NT-56U => PS3 and possibly something else random
Switch 1 => Home Server + Squeezebox Touch + Switch 2 (the latter is in another room via CAT6)
Switch 2 => Main desktop + Wife notebook + IP phone + All-in-one Printer + NT-56U #2 (the latter is in another room, via CAT6, and in AP mode only)
NT-56U #2 => Bedroom HTPC
With my Main desktop, and the same settings as above, I only get around 330M up but, strangely, around 700M down. I haven't tried the W520 in that area yet due to time constraints, but I suspect I'd probably get similar speeds.
Would the speed of anything past the first NT-56U (or even anything connected via that first NT-56U) be affected by certain cables (even if they are not connecting main routers/switches) not being CAT6? I ask because I am using a rather random assortment of cables to connect various things, although each room has CAT6 running from it to the others (i.e. in-between all routers and switches), which I asked the contractors to install when we renovated in 2008.
I suppose I can unplug and re-add devices slowly and see what, if anything, is causing any bottlenecks with the main desktop. For example, I could make sure only Gigabit-capable devices (almost all of which our stuff is) with ONLY CAT6 cables, are on the network, and then re-run the speed test.
If not, then, what suggestions would you all have? I'm sure I'm not too far off cracking it, as I know the connection is capable of faster than 500M/s. If it's replacing random cables with full CAT6, that's not a problem as I have a friend who has a lot of spare CAT6 on a roll(?) as he recently re-wired his apartment with CAT6 too (even the kitchen).
If I connect my W520 directly to the modem and run myspeedmeter.net after disabling all my AV/firewall software to max speed, I regularly get 800-900M down, 700+M up. This is with nothing else plugged into the modem, even a router.
If I connect my W520 directly to my RT-NT56U, even without setting jumbo frames etc. on the W520 and with all other settings being the same (i.e. no firewall/AV), I get similar speeds. However, this is only with nothing else plugged into the NT56U.
I have now plugged all my other stuff in. Roughly:
Modem => NT-56U => 8-port switch 3Com Gigabit (and Jumbo Frame supporting) dumb-Switch #1 ("Switch 1")
NT-56U => PS3 and possibly something else random
Switch 1 => Home Server + Squeezebox Touch + Switch 2 (the latter is in another room via CAT6)
Switch 2 => Main desktop + Wife notebook + IP phone + All-in-one Printer + NT-56U #2 (the latter is in another room, via CAT6, and in AP mode only)
NT-56U #2 => Bedroom HTPC
With my Main desktop, and the same settings as above, I only get around 330M up but, strangely, around 700M down. I haven't tried the W520 in that area yet due to time constraints, but I suspect I'd probably get similar speeds.
Would the speed of anything past the first NT-56U (or even anything connected via that first NT-56U) be affected by certain cables (even if they are not connecting main routers/switches) not being CAT6? I ask because I am using a rather random assortment of cables to connect various things, although each room has CAT6 running from it to the others (i.e. in-between all routers and switches), which I asked the contractors to install when we renovated in 2008.
I suppose I can unplug and re-add devices slowly and see what, if anything, is causing any bottlenecks with the main desktop. For example, I could make sure only Gigabit-capable devices (almost all of which our stuff is) with ONLY CAT6 cables, are on the network, and then re-run the speed test.
If not, then, what suggestions would you all have? I'm sure I'm not too far off cracking it, as I know the connection is capable of faster than 500M/s. If it's replacing random cables with full CAT6, that's not a problem as I have a friend who has a lot of spare CAT6 on a roll(?) as he recently re-wired his apartment with CAT6 too (even the kitchen).