Re: Netgear FSV318v3 firewall drastically slows down my connection

"David" <dhjdhj@gmail.com> wrote:

>I just upgraded to Cablevision's new 30Mbs service. If I connect one of
>my computers directly to the cablemodem, I see a download speed of
>about 25Mbs (acceptable). However, if I insert a brand new Netgear
>firewall (it has 100 Mbps WAN connection), my connection speed is
>reduced to about 5Mbs.
>
>Any idea what might be going on?
>
>THanks,
>David Jameson

Maybe the wan or an inside ethernet connection isn't negotiating to
100Mb/Full duplex. 5 Mbps would be about the limit if any ethernet
device/port was running 10Mb/half duplex.
Received on Mon May 1 01:02:37 2006