Router is the culprit ...

Yes, networking is way too complicated.

so this guy at work gave me a linksys BEFSR11 broadband router (just lan and wan port, no built in switch or other fancies).<BR><BR>I plug it into the power and plugged only the LAN port into my ...

Nutter helps a reader figure out why his broadband speed is significantly lower than what he’s supposed to receive. We often find our broadband speed is significantly slower than the 1.5M-2M bit/sec ...