dotan_ak@yahoo.com hath wroth:

>For Internet speed tests I used speakeasy.net/speedtest. My WRT54GS is
>hardware Ver 6 and I installed the latest firmware from Linksys which
>is now 1.51.0.

The WRT54GS v5 and v6 have problems. See:
<http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/26843/51/>
In general, the v6 is the same as the v5.
<http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showthread.php?t=47124>
I've tried to convince several WRT54G v5 units, that my customers
dragged home, into working, but gave up and exchanged them for other
units.

>I usualy get 48-54Mb/s as my connection speed. I thought that my old
>Netgear router (.11b) was at fault and according to you 5.5-6Mb/s is
>about as much as I could get from it anyway.

With an 11Mbit/sec 802.11b connection, the best you can theoretically
do is about 6Mbits/sec. See chart at:
<http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi#Performance_and_Speed>

>It was time to get a new one...

Just a note. Many of the wireless features will actually slow you
down if they are not used. 802.11b compatibility will limit you to
about 15Mbits/sec if there is an 802.11b client connected. Similarly,
if you have the Afterburner or Speedboost enabled, but not in use, it
will reduce the peak speeds to non-SpeedBoost enabled clients. Try
disabling all the fancy features and limit your testing to stock
802.11g only.

>I'll be back later with the results.
>Thanks again,
>Dotan

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