stackrainer Posted May 18, 2013 Posted May 18, 2013 So I have 2 routers. One is a linksys and the other is a netgear. They are both running DD-DWRT. The linksys is running as a repeater for the other half of the house. My questions are, is there something wrong with my connection according to this chart? My phone was connected to the repeater and was downloading an album off of the google play store. I was thinking that I would get a more stable download than this. I'd also like to see what you guys would recommend to do to tweak the 2 routers to run more efficiently and get a stronger signal. With only 20 mb/s of internet shared between everyone watching netflix and youtube, it can get rather bogged down. Here's the screenshot. This is from the netgear router (the main router). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d6bmg Posted May 19, 2013 Posted May 19, 2013 Have you configured the wireless connection between the router and the repeater as full duplex? This graph is the typical result of this problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stackrainer Posted May 19, 2013 Posted May 19, 2013 Well I dug high and low for the settings in DD-DWRT on both routers and couldn't find it. I'm thinking about getting just one really nice router. I did raise the TX power to 71 db a while back though. Think that would have any effect? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted May 20, 2013 Posted May 20, 2013 Stack - there is a degradation in download bandwidth when using a repeater. Just an FYI. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d6bmg Posted May 20, 2013 Posted May 20, 2013 ^ speed becomes almost half of the original bandwidth, but it would never result in those speed spikes like what can be seen here.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted May 21, 2013 Posted May 21, 2013 Where at in my post did I say the use of a repeater had anything to do with the bandwidth spikes???? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerm Posted May 22, 2013 Posted May 22, 2013 The spikes are traversing both the wan and lan interfaces pretty much simultaneously. Normally I see this sort of thing when the ISP has so called "burst mode" enabled for the client and they are downloading a large file. Personally I would run a packet capture and see what is going on at the time stamps of the spikes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d6bmg Posted May 22, 2013 Posted May 22, 2013 Where at in my post did I say the use of a repeater had anything to do with the bandwidth spikes???? Ah, sorry for that. I misunderstood your post at the first place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted May 22, 2013 Posted May 22, 2013 No worries. I shouldn't have derailed the thread by mentioning the bandwidth penalty of using a repeater. Really that was irrelevant to the OPs original question/problem. My bad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilvesterNorman Posted June 26, 2013 Posted June 26, 2013 Same problem I also used to have with linksys router. I guess these routers have this manufacturing defects. There was nothing I could to have a stable connect with this one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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