Hi everyone, I have a problem with my 2 system home network that is really frustrating. Up until a few days ago the network was running fine. Nothing was changed before they started this trouble. I have 2 computers (Dell and Hp running Winxp and Winxp pro respectively) sharing a cable modem through ICS hooked up to a DLINK 604 router. The 2 systems can network just fine when talking to each other, printer sharing, file sharing etc. the problem comes in when I use the Net. when the main computer is the only one turned on I'm great, throughput is a consistent 4500 kbps or better. But when I turn the secondary computer on (or plug in the ethernet cable to the router) the throughput either drops substantially (1000 kbsp or lower) or I get no throughput at all. At times, just pugging in the ethernet cable or turning on the secondary computer will even knock the cable modem offline. I have done all the usual, powering up the router, modem and computers. Checked that the cards are working with no conflcts. And I have run the diagnostics on the modem with and without the secondary computer hooked up. This part is wierd, when I am getting no throughput, the modem does not recognize ANY computer. But when the main comp is the only one hooked up it recognizes it. Is my router failing? Am I just paranoid? Thanks if you can help.
1000 KBits/s = 120 KBytes/s Thats quite a hefty drop! I have two idears in my head, both of which are most likely wrong! 1. The router is very slow and cannot cope with network and internet traffic at the same time very well! 2. Your ISP doesnt like you having more than one computer connected at once (which doesnt make much sense... ) as thoose two things dont make much sence, im gona go with paranoid!
The router was fine until just about a week ago when I had the drop in throughput. Does anyone know if I can use the router to connect to the net without using ICS?
If Your router has a internal modem, you can connect the router to the cable 'line'. If not you will have to buy a router which does, or a cable modem with an ethernet socket on it (so you can plug the modem into the router). With ether choice you config the modem/router via a browser (give it your username/password so it can 'log on')
