Sloooow Router

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My D-Link 804HV four port wired router had some sort of failure. I
just couldn't get it working properly, so I replaced it. Then I
decided to experiment with the failed router. I connected it directly
to a laptop with no modem, just a local network of one PC. I reset it
to factory defaults. Then I disabled DHCP and set the IP address to
one consistent with the network that is connected to my cable modem.
Then I connected it to my main router LAN port to LAN port. So now I
had the failed router connected to my main network as a switch with my
laptop connected to a LAN port.

Everything works as expected except the PC connected to the 804HV
"switch" has an Internet download speed about 1/10 of the PCs on the
main network. The 804HV definitely has some kind of problem.

Routers are cheap and this one is a "throw away", but I am curious
about what could be causing such poor performance? (I forgot to
mention that I also upgraded the firmware to the latest from D-Link.)

Any insight will be appreciated, jimbo
 
My D-Link 804HV four port wired router had some sort of failure. I
just couldn't get it working properly, so I replaced it. Then I
decided to experiment with the failed router. I connected it directly
to a laptop with no modem, just a local network of one PC. I reset it
to factory defaults. Then I disabled DHCP and set the IP address to
one consistent with the network that is connected to my cable modem.
Then I connected it to my main router LAN port to LAN port. So now I
had the failed router connected to my main network as a switch with my
laptop connected to a LAN port.

Everything works as expected except the PC connected to the 804HV
"switch" has an Internet download speed about 1/10 of the PCs on the
main network. The 804HV definitely has some kind of problem.

Routers are cheap and this one is a "throw away", but I am curious
about what could be causing such poor performance? (I forgot to
mention that I also upgraded the firmware to the latest from D-Link.)

Any insight will be appreciated, jimbo
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Jimbo,

Did you try all of the ports? I'd bet you're seeing a 10M half duplex
connection.
 
Chuck said:
Jimbo,

Did you try all of the ports? I'd bet you're seeing a 10M half duplex
connection.
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Thanks for your reply.

Yes, I get the same results when using ports 2 and 4 or 1 and 3. The
only diagnostic led on the router is indicating "router is working
properly". I don't see any setting on the router (physical or browser
pages) to set or check the connection speed.

Thanks for any additional insight, jimbo
 
I'd bet that whatever the "failure" was is also the cause of the slow
network access and your best bet is to send it on to data heaven. :-)

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