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Led Zappa
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Not sure why you're even in bridge mode at all. What kind of router do you have?
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Without a contract, you're a fool if you don't switch providers every 6 months.
I've literally saved thousands of dollars between 2008 and today by switching between Telus and Shaw twice a year. Call them up and say you're shopping around, and they're authorized to shave money on plans for you for 3-6 month periods.
Hell, for a couple years running I had free HD channels and a PVR during the hockey season.
Led Zappa
Tomorrow Today
Well, someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but there's no reason to put it in bridged mode unless you are connecting multiple routers. It should be set up as an AP (Access Point).
You can read up here http://www.flashrouters.com/blog/20...ent-bridge-wireless-repeater-modes-in-dd-wrt/
karnige
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- Oct 18, 2006
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shaw is pretty bad now at giving deals I've read the last year or so. telus has been very easy to negociate with.
Shaw will actually cold call you with their newest promotions exactly 6 months after you leave their service. Last year, I got them to shave $15 a month for the first three months on a promotion that already saw me save $40 a month.
I wouldn't be surprised if they've gotten stringier though. It was only a matter of time until they figured out what people like me were up to, and the Internet 150 promotion just reeks of a way to stop us from doing this.
Led Zappa
Tomorrow Today
Personally I don't use modem's for the main router. ISP provided modems usually suck, so I connect my router to that and connect my devices to my router and connect a wireless bridge to my router in order to connect Ethernet devices in LR and BR. Currently have no need for bridges per se, other than to get Etheret on other rooms, DVR's, my older receiver etc....
Shaws modems are great. They provide a powerful steady signal, even my phone gets full speed (on 2.4g too) in the basement. I honestly dont think theres a better router on the market than what they have.
Its almost definitely an issue with the other router. Im essentially doing what you're doing, just with one modem/router combo and a router. From what I understand you're using 2 routers and a modem?
As mentioned, I got full speed before, which is why its bothering me so much.
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JaegerDice
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Yeah, I just upgraded to Shaw 150 on a promo that gives it to me $20 cheaper than I was already paying for Shaw 100.
No difference as far as gaming as far as I can tell, but those sweet torrents are coming in HOT.
No difference as far as gaming as far as I can tell, but those sweet torrents are coming in HOT.
Led Zappa
Tomorrow Today
I see. I have my Router connected to my modem and use my bridge to connect to my Router and use it to connect Ethernet to the network. I just used the WPS function to connect the bridge to the router.
Tests I do when having speed problems is to use my phone to connect and do a speed test. One time I found it was my laptop that was having issues. I was connecting with the N instead of AC via my dual band card in my laptop.
Sometimes it's where the laptop actually is that can reduce my speeds. If the speeds are the same whatever and wherever I am I connect a Ethernet available device directly to the Modem and see if the problem is there. Try and nail down where I am actually losing speed and go from there.
I am not at home to check exactly, but on my netgear there is a place to set connection specifics and one of those was max speed on N and AC. Strangely setting my AC at a higher max speed actually reduced the speeds I was getting on my laptop. Go figure.
Good luck.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001769K3O/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Bridge
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005KG44V0/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Router
Virtanen18
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Man my internet went down 2 days ago and I had to set up my router again, I was getting full speed 55 Mbps before but when i reset it I'm getting this
Not even close to full speed
It doesn't even affect anything but its just one of those things that annoys you
So I had these troubles, router all of a sudden stopped getting its regular speeds and it was consistently on the 15-20 mbps end, not great speeds for high quality streaming or downloading, not that it was a huge issue just for some very minor things it was an issue.
Anyways, I ditched it and started using a phone that was laying around the house with usb tethering i.e. hotspot, still on my home internet:
My question is, is there any risks to using this phone as a router as opposed to an actual router?
McDavidCrushedLarkin
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SpookyTsuki
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Why do you guys have amazing download but decent upload haha (don't take that haha the wrong way)
The Head Crusher
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I am about to move out to the country at the end of March and there isn't a whole lot of options available for me to choose from, but it looks like I am going to have to go with a telus smart hub and run off of the 4G cell network.
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Cable doesn't tend to allocate enough channels for up as they do down. Symmetric is usually fiber only.
Source: Moved and got Comcast, Comcast tech explained the hardware setup causing it.
SpookyTsuki
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Makes sense. It's just weird seeing that some have better download speed but worse upload speed then me. I get 100-200 down to 30 up
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