Hey Nightfox;
-=> Nightfox wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
Ni> I was with an ISP that gave you a router, and they said they could
Ni> perform diagnostics with it. But we could also use our own router.
Ni> That ISP has since been acquired by another company, and it seems
Ni> they're okay with customers having their own router. I have my own
Ni> router I bought and flashed DD-WRT firmware on it, and it's working
Ni> fine.
Our ISP now, communistcast, supplies a router by insistance. They throttle
bandwidth by the router. You may buy a linksys or motorola comcast modified
router but it must maintain the backdoor for them to adjust it to your account
settings/bandwidth. Also note that many of the stock menus are deleted by
design specs of comcast. A tech friend of mine at Cisco confirmed this for me.
Ni> Even if an ISP throttles speed via the customer's router, I don't see
Ni> how a wifi repeater could override that and give you full internet
Ni> speed.
You're absolutely correct. Perhaps lan speeds may improve but not lan->wan.
When it comes to bandwidth, you're only as fast as your weakest link.
... When in doubt, tell the truth.
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