Help set up modem-PC-router in that order

[Maban]

My mother's router is having issues with wired connections. I don't know if her tablet is having speed issues with the router as it was because she can't get a speed test working and she won't let me use it to try it myself. All I can say is that I have to plug directly into the modem or else I get 0.2 Mbps upload when it should be 4 Mbps (same with the PC she never uses). Without arguing that I should just get a new router or hook it up modem-router-PC anyway, help me get this working.

The way is is right now is I have it set up modem to computer to router to her tablet. I got it working after a bit of trial and error, but it's slow on her tablet. Text and layout loads quick obviously but images take forever. I've tried disabling firewall but that didn't help. Am I missing something?

 

[eidairaman1]

since she isnt allowing you to do anything to make it better tell her till she does you can't help her.

 

[micropage7]

btw have you tried reset your router, just to check or using another ports?

 

[Maban]

Yes, I've tried resetting and different ports.

 

[micropage7]

on pc you have nice speed and on tablet its bad, so it could be from your router
have you checked your router heat, is that feels normal

 

[Maban]

Temperature is fine. The way I have it right now is modem to PC via DHCP, ICS on the port to the modem, then the port to the router I have the NIC set to 192.168.1.1 with 192.168.1.2 as gateway and the router WAN port set static to 192.168.1.2. Am I doing something wrong there?

 

[remixedcat]

why not do it modem>router>computer ??

 

[de.das.dude]

why not a cheap adsl router? tp link ones cost around 15$ or less.

 

[95Viper]

Maybe, try this.

Slow Transfer Rates with ICS and High-Bandwidth Devices

 

[Maban]

why not do it modem>router>computer ??

why not a cheap adsl router? tp link ones cost around 15$ or less.

...I have to plug directly into the modem or else I get 0.2 Mbps upload when it should be 4 Mbps...
Without arguing that I should just get a new router or hook it up modem-router-PC anyway, help me get this working.

Thanks for playing.

Maybe, try this.

Slow Transfer Rates with ICS and High-Bandwidth Devices

Alas, I already do not have that entry.

I want to get this working not only because I'm miserly, but also because it's a fun experiment.

 

[remixedcat]

I think all the stuff prolly needs replaced if you need to go through crap like that.

 

[Maban]

I ordered a cheap $20 router but I would still like to know why its so slow with the way I have it set up. It's usable when it's modem-router-wifi, but modem-pc-router-wifi is balls. Both of my NICs as well as the Ethernet cable are just fine.

 

[de.das.dude]

you are setting up incorrectly i guess. Its best to give a call to your ISP and ask them exactly how you can configure the adsl router.

 

[Maban]

you are setting up incorrectly i guess. Its best to give a call to your ISP and ask them exactly how you can configure the adsl router.

Your assumptions are incorrect. It's a cable modem. It's our own DIR-825 router that was set up properly, I assure you. It used to work just fine. I have since reset and reconfigured it. It still gives one twentieth of the proper upload when I do modem-router-PC.

 

[remixedcat]

Than replace it. Or load something like DDWRT/OpenWRT/Tomato/Etc and try

 

[OneMoar]

turn QOS off on the router that will fix the upstream issue
incidentally I have thrown enough D-link routers in the garbage to know they are just that ... pure garbage
also quit configuring your network ass-backwards
the setup should always be
modem > router > everything else
its not 2001 ICS is dead for a reasion
1. its pure evil
2. its garbage

 

[Aquinus]

Your assumptions are incorrect. It's a cable modem. It's our own DIR-825 router that was set up properly, I assure you. It used to work just fine. I have since reset and reconfigured it. It still gives one twentieth of the proper upload when I do modem-router-PC.

It's a cable modem? Motorola? What does the signal at your mother's look like?
http://192.168.100.1 if it's a Motorola.

Example:

 

[Maban]

The signal page shows normal results. I've already checked. The issue I am asking about purely between the router and computer.

 

[micropage7]

turn QOS off on the router that will fix the upstream issue
incidentally I have thrown enough D-link routers in the garbage to know they are just that ... pure garbage
also quit configuring your network ass-backwards
the setup should always be
modem > router > everything else
its not 2001 ICS is dead for a reasion
1. its pure evil
2. its garbage

i dunno i had dlink several years ago. then it died coz hit by lightning then i bought the same model but i feel for transferring and setting, its better the old one and the last dlink died after cannot transfering through wifi and cannot read plugged port

 

[Maban]

turn QOS off on the router that will fix the upstream issue

This, right here. This was helpful. I have never changed any QOS settings before. Disabling it seems to have fixed the issue with modem-router-PC. And while I would still like to know why the wireless was balls with modem-PC-router I concede that it matters not anymore.

I have a DIR-655 that started exhibiting problems earlier this year that I've put aside since then. I'm not expecting it to fix it but I will try disabling (or properly configuring) QOS on that as well just in case.

Edit: Ended up needing that new router anyway as the DIR-825 crapped out on download speed too.