D-Link DIR-825 Router

[imported_Will]

Re: D-Link DIR-825 Router

LOL SO I FOUND OUT ITS BECAUSE I HAVE MAC FILTERING ON.

Heres my new speed. Its teh pwnz.

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[Vreki]

Re: D-Link DIR-825 Router

The ISP may control THEIR router remotely, but will do nothing for your own and usually blame the third party equipment as the problem.

When I had my ISPs DSL router the fastest speed of 10Mbs I could get was 6. When I removed it and put in my own Netgear DSL router I then was able to get the full 10Mbs.

It said modem, not router They are different although they may be integrated in one box, but the one Will linked to does not appear to have an integrated modem.

I have a modem supplied and controlled by my ISP, which is connected to my own router. The ISP did supply a router too, but it was locked down and crippled in various ways. I also conveniently "forgot" to upgrade when they sent me a new integrated router/modem combo to replace the old one.

But as long as the modem is their own, they are able to see what speed the modem itself can handle before any of my own hardware gets involved.

LOL SO I FOUND OUT ITS BECAUSE I HAVE MAC FILTERING ON.

Heres my new speed. Its teh pwnz.

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Thats great, but AFAIK MAC filtering should prevent all traffic to unapproved computers, so how did it just reduce your bandwidth?

[[MyIS]Dan]

Re: D-Link DIR-825 Router

Thats great, but AFAIK MAC filtering should prevent all traffic to unapproved computers, so how did it just reduce your bandwidth?

The same thing I thought. Unless the setting was something like unapproved computers get xx% of speed? :\

[CptainCrunch]

Re: D-Link DIR-825 Router

Thats great, but AFAIK MAC filtering should prevent all traffic to unapproved computers, so how did it just reduce your bandwidth?

The same thing I thought. Unless the setting was something like unapproved computers get xx% of speed? :\

In order for MAC filtering to work, the router has to look at every packet to see if its on the list. That would take up a lot of processing and RAM from the device, which may cause latency.

Just a guess though.

Crunch