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Hi there - my aunt recently got a Linksys WRT150N and I was given the task of installing it. It is wired directly (via a CAT5E Ethernet cable) to her computer. When I log in to it (http://192.168.1.1/) it takes 30 seconds to a minute to load the main page. Similarly, when trying to switch to other configuration pages it is heinously slow - taking 30-60 seconds to load each page.Oddly enough, web browsing seems to be OK, or at least a whole lot better. Same symptoms in both IE7 and FF2. Other computers, when connected to the router via either wired or wireless, do not experience the same slowless. I have verified this even with using the same cable and port on the router. Same symptoms exist when connecting to her DSL modem config page (http://192.168.0.1/). Pinging either the router or the modem gives 0ms ping times, as would be expected.
I tried installing the newest drivers for the integrated ethernet card on her computer (a Dell Dimension 2400 running Windows XP Home), but that did not fix it. Windows XP has all updates installed and I have disabled the firewall. Ad-Aware and Spybot S&D both found nothing. Her computer is plenty fast enough.
I can't tell if this is a hardware issue or a software issue. At first I had thought hardware, because web browsing was really slow as well, but that turned out to be a problem with the modem and with that now fixed only going to these specific IPs is slow. So now I'm thinking it might be some bizarre software problem. But I really don't know. Please move this post if you think it is mis-categorized - I debated between networking, software, or here.
So - anybody have any ideas as to what could be going on? Since normal web-browsing seems to be relatively unaffected, I'm not terribly worried about it - but it concerns me that it could be a symptom of a greater, more sinister problem. Thanks!
I tried installing the newest drivers for the integrated ethernet card on her computer (a Dell Dimension 2400 running Windows XP Home), but that did not fix it. Windows XP has all updates installed and I have disabled the firewall. Ad-Aware and Spybot S&D both found nothing. Her computer is plenty fast enough.
I can't tell if this is a hardware issue or a software issue. At first I had thought hardware, because web browsing was really slow as well, but that turned out to be a problem with the modem and with that now fixed only going to these specific IPs is slow. So now I'm thinking it might be some bizarre software problem. But I really don't know. Please move this post if you think it is mis-categorized - I debated between networking, software, or here.
So - anybody have any ideas as to what could be going on? Since normal web-browsing seems to be relatively unaffected, I'm not terribly worried about it - but it concerns me that it could be a symptom of a greater, more sinister problem. Thanks!