Personal computing discussed
Moderators: renee, Steel, notfred
The Egg wrote:I assume you've changed the CAT6 cable and updated the router to the latest firmware?
ludi wrote:This might seem obvious, but was anything else using the bandwidth when you ran the speed test? If your Internet was offline for a few days then something may have been downloading a backlog of updates. When you connected directly to the modem, you would have obviously disconnected those other devices.
ludi wrote:Just to be clear, in the "normal" configuration that is only getting around 6mpbs, you are bridging the modem to the router using PPPoE and letting the router negotiate the DSL connection, correct?
Also worth checking to see if the router has e.g. a Jumbo Frames option enabled. Those sometimes cause issues.
The Egg wrote:Yeah, probably an oddball setting. I would reset the router to defaults and see if that resolves it.
SecretSquirrel wrote:Plug a hardline cable into the switch ports on the RT-AC66U and see what you get. You don't note exactly how the AC66 is configured, AP vs Router, but if you get full speed from a connection to the AC66 switch ports, then your problem is something with the wireless. If you get a speed drop, then something about the AC66 is wrong. Did you have the wireless enabled on your preview Actiontec modem? If not, then perhaps its interfering with the AC66?
--SS
notfred wrote:Glad to hear the router reset fixed it.
Just a heads up that it sounds as if you are running double-NAT with the modem configured as a router with PPPoE credentials and then the ASUS configured as another router doing DHCP off the modem. It would be better to configure the modem as a bridge and put your PPPoE credentials in the ASUS router.
Alternatively you could leave the modem running as the router and configure the ASUS as a pure switch and WiFi AP. However the router is generally better at routing than the garbage built in to the modem.
Elohim wrote:I am intrigued. Can you expand on the meaning of "better" in your sentence "It would be better to configure the modem as a bridge and put your PPPoE credentials in the ASUS router." Do you just cleaner from a professional point of view (like a comment in your computer code) or actually slightly better in some tangible way?
Elohim wrote:One more question. I know I found the answer to this one back when I started this topic, but now I cannot seem to find it again. How do I go about accessing my DSL modem through the router now that the router is doing the PPPoE? I know that I need to run a second Ethernet cable between them to do this and turn on some setting, but can't quite think of it...