Lone Stranger
07-07-2004, 09:07 PM
After many hours of screwing with this thing, I finally found the
problem with performance and stability - I hope.
The thing was unstable, hanging, rebooting, very slow throughput, and
cold eggs. With TimeWarner and RoadRunner, I can get 360-370kB
(k-bytes) without the router. But, with the router, I was only
getting 160-180 (less than half).
I upgraded the frimware to the latest (multiple times). We are now
using the 1.1.5 level. Turned every knob I could, and finally
discovered that the FIREWALL option made a difference. If I turned it
off (and everythign with it), I could get nearly the same throughput
as without the router. (had to save and reboot each time to test it).
Finally, I reset and retried each and every option trying to find the
missing link, And, finally discovered it.
It seems that if MTU is set to AUTO (which, by the book, defaults to
1500), the router speed is cut in half. However, if I set it to 1500
manually, it magically worked at nearlt full speed.
I'm now wondering if that's the same issue with the other BFRx41
routers that I could never make stable......
So,MTU "AUTO" and "MANUAL 1500" are "NOT THE SAME". Even though the
manual and web doc say it is.
I tested this repeatedly, and verified it each time.
--- YOUR TURN, PLEASE JUMP IN THE POOL ----
LS
problem with performance and stability - I hope.
The thing was unstable, hanging, rebooting, very slow throughput, and
cold eggs. With TimeWarner and RoadRunner, I can get 360-370kB
(k-bytes) without the router. But, with the router, I was only
getting 160-180 (less than half).
I upgraded the frimware to the latest (multiple times). We are now
using the 1.1.5 level. Turned every knob I could, and finally
discovered that the FIREWALL option made a difference. If I turned it
off (and everythign with it), I could get nearly the same throughput
as without the router. (had to save and reboot each time to test it).
Finally, I reset and retried each and every option trying to find the
missing link, And, finally discovered it.
It seems that if MTU is set to AUTO (which, by the book, defaults to
1500), the router speed is cut in half. However, if I set it to 1500
manually, it magically worked at nearlt full speed.
I'm now wondering if that's the same issue with the other BFRx41
routers that I could never make stable......
So,MTU "AUTO" and "MANUAL 1500" are "NOT THE SAME". Even though the
manual and web doc say it is.
I tested this repeatedly, and verified it each time.
--- YOUR TURN, PLEASE JUMP IN THE POOL ----
LS