Vista SP2 Router Problems

I just upgraded to SP2 and now my network response thru my Linksy
BEFSX41 router is terrible. Less than dial up modem speed for downloa
but upload is unaffected. Linksys had a new firmware update for this i
August 09 and I applied that. I ran a test and it appeared the downloa
speed was back to normal but after a few hours it is now back to 24
download speed. If I connect directly to my PC without going thru th
router the network speed is fine. Since the router is 7 years old
would get a new one, but I have little confidence in SP2 and I'm afrai
I might just have problems with something new. Are these route
problems common with SP2 and can someone recommend a model for
wireless router that they have that works with SP2? I'll spend the
for the latest and greatest if it will work

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bblancha

Hello bblancha

Since the router is 7 years old, you might see if trying the differen
Auto Tuning settings in the tutorial below may be able to help with thi
going through the router to see which one works best for you.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/72...eive-level.htm

Hope this helps
Shaw

bblancha;1139705 Wrote:
> I just upgraded to SP2 and now my network response thru my Linksy
> BEFSX41 router is terrible. Less than dial up modem speed for downloa
> but upload is unaffected. Linksys had a new firmware update for this i
> August 09 and I applied that. I ran a test and it appeared the downloa
> speed was back to normal but after a few hours it is now back to 24
> download speed. If I connect directly to my PC without going thru th
> router the network speed is fine. Since the router is 7 years old
> would get a new one, but I have little confidence in SP2 and I'm afrai
> I might just have problems with something new. Are these router problem
> common with SP2 and can someone recommend a model for a wireless route
> that they have that works with SP2? I'll spend the $ for the latest an
> greatest if it will work

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Shawn, Thanks for the info. It helped me to understand what was going
on and that it wasn't specifically Vista SP2 that was the problem, but
the combination of new and old together. Based upon the age of my
router and the fact that I also wanted to get a wireless router, I
decided to abandon the old router and bought a new one (D-Link DIR-825).
After getting the most up to date firmware on the new router I'm now
able to connect successfully. Before the firmware update I was
initially connecting, getting a couple of web pages, then it lost
connection. Three calls to D-Link support in India, including level 2
help, and each time they made things worse, changing all kinds of
settings to the point where I could no longer connect. My ISP tech guy
suggested just resetting to the factory defaults, which I did. I found
the firmware update and after that it worked fine. D-Link support was
easy to reach but worse than useless ... they just compounded the
problems. Thankfully my ISP, PTD.NET, has great tech support.


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bblancha

You're welcome Bblancha. I'm happy to hear that you are able to connect
normally again.

bblancha;1144412 Wrote:
> Shawn, Thanks for the info. It helped me to understand what was going on
> and that it wasn't specifically Vista SP2 that was the problem, but the
> combination of new and old together. Based upon the age of my router and
> the fact that I also wanted to get a wireless router, I decided to
> abandon the old router and bought a new one (D-Link DIR-825). After
> getting the most up to date firmware on the new router I'm now able to
> connect successfully. Before the firmware update I was initially
> connecting, getting a couple of web pages, then it lost connection.
> Three calls to D-Link support in India, including level 2 help, and each
> time they made things worse, changing all kinds of settings to the point
> where I could no longer connect. My ISP tech guy suggested just
> resetting to the factory defaults, which I did. I found the firmware
> update and after that it worked fine. D-Link support was easy to reach
> but worse than useless ... they just compounded the problems. Thankfully
> my ISP, PTD.NET, has great tech support.


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Brink

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*There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
them.*
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