Linksys Routers Slow Internet
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Linksys Routers Slow Internet
amc |
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![]() nFm [ not leaving ] ![]() ![]() Group: Full Member Posts: 31 Joined: 18-March 04 Member No.: 30 ![]() |
I was having some issues with linksys routers giving slow internet performance, and found a huge performance increase by disabling the following under the advanced tab of the web admin page:
Multicast Pass Through: Disable IPSec Pass Through: Disable PPTP Pass Through: Disable Also make sure you turn off the logging feature. Just a note for anyone that might be having the same troubles as I did. -------------------- ![]() |
BibleBasher666 |
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![]() nFm [ progressor ] ![]() ![]() Group: Moderator Posts: 98 Joined: 19-March 04 Member No.: 34 ![]() |
Thanks for the tip!
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Kilroy |
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nFm [ not leaving ] ![]() ![]() Group: Private Member Posts: 56 Joined: 18-March 04 Member No.: 22 ![]() |
Nice tips! I still left logging on though cause I need to see when my internal ip changes...
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Audiyoda |
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![]() Houston, we have a problem... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Moderator Posts: 340 Joined: 23-March 04 From: S of Superior-E of Michigan-W of Huron-N of HERE. Member No.: 64 ![]() |
Interesting tips. Looking over the on-line manual, those services go mainly unused by the majority of people, so let's hope this helps. Thanks AMC.
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Firewiz |
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![]() God is Busy-Can I Help U? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Global Moderator Posts: 398 Joined: 18-March 04 Member No.: 17 ![]() |
i disabled em...not sure what they do...
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Kilroy |
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nFm [ not leaving ] ![]() ![]() Group: Private Member Posts: 56 Joined: 18-March 04 Member No.: 22 ![]() |
This topic deserves a pinning since alot of people use Linksys.
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amc |
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![]() nFm [ not leaving ] ![]() ![]() Group: Full Member Posts: 31 Joined: 18-March 04 Member No.: 30 ![]() |
Unless you are using a VPN connection these settings do nothing for you but open up more ports and traffic through your router. ;)
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Boss429 |
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![]() Buckled Up ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Private Member Posts: 623 Joined: 18-March 04 From: Canada Member No.: 18 ![]() |
i believe the PPTP can be used with DSL connections that have to sign in to there provider, and allows a keep alive signal to the hsot so they do not have to reconnect. i guess if you had more than one network that dialed to the provider than the linksys can enalbe /disalbed it so only part of the network would be online
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![]() nFm [ not leaving ] ![]() ![]() Group: Full Member Posts: 56 Joined: 25-April 04 Member No.: 91 ![]() |
PPTP is "Point to Point Tunneling Protocol" and is solely used for VPN connections and IPSec is a VPN encryption protocol.
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Zone55555 |
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Thanks, I'll give it a shot!
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phish |
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![]() nFm [ not leaving ] ![]() ![]() Group: Full Member Posts: 44 Joined: 24-March 04 Member No.: 67 ![]() |
Thanks for the tip.
By the way, my LinkSys router setting doesn't have Multicast Pass Through: I open LinkSys Router Set-up page with IE, I can see these things: Security > VPN > IPSec Passthrough: (now disabled) PPTP Passthrough: (now disabled) L2TP Passthrough: ENABLE L2TP is same as Multicast? Do I have to keep it as Enabled or Disabled? |
Sn_ake |
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nFm [ not leaving ] ![]() ![]() Group: Full Member Posts: 58 Joined: 20-June 04 Member No.: 120 ![]() |
PPTP and IPSEC are both protocals used for VPN's, the passthrough feature is there to stop NAT screwing the ports, from what i understand they just allow for passthrough on the ports which these protocals work on, which should not realy give your connection a performance hit. Although if they are inspecting each packet to determine traffic type then you might notice a difference.
The multicasting i'm not to sure on, might have something to do with comunication on a network using different routing protocals that multicast. If you are not using the above protocals though i would switch them off any how from a security point of view. |
lokal |
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Late response, but anyways.. l2tp is a ms ppp over ipsec implementation. Multicast is generally not supported on the Internet unless you speciffically have your ISP set it up for you (and the peers/vlans you would connect to using it). Mulitcast with IGMP basically allows you to stream out content once (one stream) and have many people join the IGMP group to access the stream. This post has been edited by lokal: Jan 27 2005, 12:29 AM -------------------- ![]() |
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Janie |
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![]() nFm [ Level 1 ] ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Full Member Posts: 239 Joined: 20-October 05 From: Springdale, ARKANSAS Member No.: 182 ![]() |
Had a Lynksys wireless router which finally gave up the ghost. Purchased Netgear this time and internet is flying!
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Firewiz |
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![]() God is Busy-Can I Help U? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Global Moderator Posts: 398 Joined: 18-March 04 Member No.: 17 ![]() |
Good bios page for linksys wireless routers...
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