Cheap router, is it slowing my tower

MrEdinarea51 · 03-17-2009, 06:39 PM

I bought a Laptop and so bought a TP-LINK 54M wireless router. I have ultra high speed internet via cable but ever since the cable feeds trough the Router to my Desktop 'puter it seems to have slowed. Am i crazy or is this because of the cheap router?

clyde123 · 03-19-2009, 05:49 AM

The TP-Link routers may be cheap, but there's nothing wrong with them. We've installed a good number, and had no trouble.
When you say "ultra high speed internet" how high speed do you mean ? What speed actually comes in to you ?

**bilbus** · 03-20-2009, 12:32 AM

your router is faster then your ultraspeed connection, unless your connection is 20mb or higher

**johnwill** · 03-21-2009, 03:33 PM

FWIW, I have a 20mbit connection, and I've had three different routers connected, all will easily support the full 20mbit bandwidth of the connection. Any modern router should be fine.

03-17-2009, 06:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
MrEdinarea51 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1 OS: XP Pro	Cheap router, is it slowing my tower I bought a Laptop and so bought a TP-LINK 54M wireless router. I have ultra high speed internet via cable but ever since the cable feeds trough the Router to my Desktop 'puter it seems to have slowed. Am i crazy or is this because of the cheap router?

03-19-2009, 05:49 AM	#2 (permalink)
clyde123 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Glasgow Posts: 397 OS: xp sp2	Re: Cheap router, is it slowing my tower The TP-Link routers may be cheap, but there's nothing wrong with them. We've installed a good number, and had no trouble. When you say "ultra high speed internet" how high speed do you mean ? What speed actually comes in to you ?

03-20-2009, 12:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
bilbus TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 949 OS: OS2 Warp	Re: Cheap router, is it slowing my tower your router is faster then your ultraspeed connection, unless your connection is 20mb or higher

03-21-2009, 03:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,607 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Cheap router, is it slowing my tower FWIW, I have a 20mbit connection, and I've had three different routers connected, all will easily support the full 20mbit bandwidth of the connection. Any modern router should be fine. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience