best router

[antwire]

Hey guys im using vista and im on the 20meg conenction ive currently got a bog standard belkin router and my speeds are awfull i mean leass than 1 meg ive spoke to virgin who say its the router even though a wired connection from their modem is just as bad

can anyone help? the speeds were fine until i got vista

[smeagoly1]

Try using the "20 meg Tweak" section on the VM Broadband help site.
I was getting the same, when I tweaked the settings and my ethernet card settings. Got a constant 5meg at the moment, but that's due to my Belkin wired router. I also need a 20 meg rated wired router.

I got the full 20meg when the cables connected direct to the PC. But i have to share the connection between mine and a childrens pc, so like you on the lookout for a good wired router.

The tweak will help till you get a 20meg rated router. Well 5megs better than nowt :)

Look at yoru network card settings also, see that it's set to 100 not 10 as mine was at first, this should be in the VM 20meg tweak section.

[antwire]

i looked at that but it says dont do it if your using vista do you have a link to a different one that may help?

[smeagoly1]

The link I used is just for optimising the ethernet connection side of things, the downloadable tool isn't needed I think for Vista, only XP users. In a nutshell my old settings where set to 10 and not 100 full duplex.

http://www.virginmedia.com/help/20mb-broadband-optimisation.php#windows-vista-users

I think that may be the page you may have already looked on, apart from that I can't help re-vista as I am using xp pro and Linux on the other system.

But like yourself I would love to know about a wired router that will handle the XL package. As the routing is already in place and I don't trust wireless in my estate hahaha.