D@mn router...

[EGGO]

Everything was great when I had the cable modem all to myself. Now that my dad bought a router so HE can get cable, I get BAD lag spikes on the net. Even when he isn't on leeching off of my bandwidth it does this. Any help would be just dandy...

[Starr]

Yea, unplug your dads network cable. :)

[paulselhi]

knock his ip out of the equation with a firewall, don't allow his ip address in or out

[Starr]

Seriously though, sounds like the new router is miss-configured maybe. What kind of router is it?

[EGGO]

That blue Lynksys EtherFast Cable/DSL Router

[lostdreamer]

have you tried pinging on each workstation? can we safely assume you can ping your nic, & router, & then you can ping a website? also, we can also rule out that your broadband isp does not require you to purchase an ip address for each system on their network? (some do, some don't, and if yours does, am assuming you have already bought the 2nd ip address...)

[s-wings]

Originally posted by EGGO
That blue Lynksys EtherFast Cable/DSL Router


I have installed over a dozen of these, all work great. Use one here at the house.

It could be a bad router, but check the config.

Check for a duplicate IP address causing conflicts. Like if you had your PC with a hard IP, and dad set up DHCP. He could have a bad NIC flooding the network with trash...

(For testing only ;-) ) Unplug one end of your dad's network cable and see if your problem goes away.

For security make sure the password has been changed from the default password it came with.

If you ever hit the reset button for more than a couple of seconds (leds go red while reset is pushed), you will have to reset all configs including the password, same is true if you click on "restore factory defaults".

[Metro]

I’m splitting between 2 computers in the home. Started out with 2 nic cards in 1 computer (1 for the cable modem & 1 to send to a hub). Kept having many problems so went to getting 2 ip addresses from the cable company & sending modem to both computers via the hub. I kept losing my cable connection several times a day & then needed to reboot the modem & computer to get it back. Cable co said they couldn’t help & it wasn’t their problem & most likely the hub. Dumped the 2nd ip & the hub & went with a new LinkSys router & while at it returned the rental modem & went with the LinkSys cable modem & it’s been clear sailing ever since.

Well anyway, just wanted to let you know that I have not noticed any reduction in speed sharing 2 computers with 1 modem & both are used heavily on the net. Once you find the correct settings all should be ok.

[Bradley]

We have 5 (yup five) computers hooked up to a linksys 4 port router which is then hooked up to a linksys switch (which I suggest over a hub) and I have noticed no reduction in speed from when we started with just 1 computer. I must also say, if you are using Cable, a second ip really isn't going to help your speed, as the bandwidth is shared among everyone in your neighborhood. So 2 ips just lets the cable company manage the router and charge you for it, buy your own, same speed, and local file sharing and print sharing.

Best,