Does Linksys slow down XP?

[Guest]

Hi,

I was just wondering if anyone had heard of any instances where installing a
Linksys broadband and/or wireless router has slowed down their XP. My
computer is slow as hell lately (I posted about this separately) and it just
so happens that this happened right after i installed the router. but then i
took the router off and ran my cable internet straight into the computer from
the wall and it was still slow. so go figure.

Is Linksys a memory hog? Can a router even BE a memory hog?

Input?

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Unless you installed any software to go with the router (unneeded, since they're configurable via Internet Explorer), then you have other issues (spyware/virus/etc.).

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I was just wondering if anyone had heard of any instances where
installing a Linksys broadband and/or wireless router has slowed down
their XP. My computer is slow as hell lately (I posted about this
separately) and it just so happens that this happened right after i
installed the router. but then i took the router off and ran my
cable internet straight into the computer from the wall and it was
still slow. so go figure.

Is Linksys a memory hog? Can a router even BE a memory hog?

As answered in your original thread.. No - that is doubtful unless you
installed a NEW nic to go with it.
Although - perhaps you got infected with something you haven't found yet
during this transition?

 

[Americantechie]

The router is probably not the problem. Basically all the installation of
the router does is configure your settings, install USB drivers, and also
installs the utility that you would use to control it.

Does your computer get noticeably faster when you are not connected to the
internet? Try rebooting the computer into safemode with networking support
and see if this changes anything (assuming you can still connect to the
internet.) If your computer seems to be quicker then try a cleanboot per
the following article...

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310353

After safemode try disabling non Microsoft services and startup items then
reboot. If the computer works fine while connected to the internet you
could bring back the Microsoft services and reboot. If the computer is
still OK continue with the startup items. Continue until you run into the
problem. For an example, if the problem comes back after enabling the non
Microsoft problems then the problem may lie in one of those items. Try a
process of elimination. I would enable half the items in the list and
reboot. If the problem persists it might be in that half of items. Divide
the list in half again, rinse, repeat. This is a divide and conquer
aproach, or process of elimination. You can do this same thing wiht the
startup items.

Let me know if you need more help with this process.

 

[Richard Urban [MVP]]

If you are using your Linksys router with an ethernet connection it uses no
resources.

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

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