Having some issues with a connection

[KoihimeNakamura]

For the last two weeks, I've been getting random speeds, needing to refresh the window 6 or so times and such in order to view pages, and general connection issues.

The routing setup is:

192.168.0.1 (modem, Qwest, actiontec M1000)
| -> switch
| --> two computers in same room
| --> router (192.168.0.200) [WRT54GS, DD-WRT mini v24 preSP2 (Build13064)]

The router maintains a wireless access point. It also has my computer connected via LAN (192.168.0.254) and my other roomates laptop is manually configured to be (192.168.0.253). The usual wireless clients are the PS3, Wii and my netbook when I'm updating it.

The router is set so it's on a router mode, with the following routes:
192.168.0.x to LAN
0.0.0.x to LAN

(Bear in mind, this is just a "I think.". I don't have it plugged in now because I wanted to reach the internet.)

The router also has DHCP turned off, I think.

Can anyone figure out what is wrong? Or should I just replace the router?

 

[samm]

call QWest.

I found a lot of problems I had were on their end and a technician reconfigured it (at their end, not my modem) while on the phone with me. I saw an immediate 500% improvement before we got off the phone.

 

[rjwould]

Is your room mate experiencing the same problem? And what operating system are you using? What kind of connection do you have? Cable, DSL...?

 

[Ducky]

Is qwest throttling you based on protocols they deem bandwidth consuming? Qwest is not above such behavior.

 

[Diazo]

The routing setup is:

192.168.0.1 (modem, Qwest, actiontec M1000)
| -> switch
| --> two computers in same room
| --> router (192.168.0.200) [WRT54GS, DD-WRT mini v24 preSP2 (Build13064)]

Looking at this the first line,
192.168.0.1 (modem, Qwest, actiontec M1000)
is acting as a router and acting as the DHCP server for your entire network correct?

If that is so, I have almost exactly the same setup as you, except I don't use the second router as a router, only as a wireless access point. I do this by plugging the network cable from the switch to the wireless router into one of the numbered LAN ports, *not* the WAN port. By doing this, the router part of the wireless router is a total non issue and simplifies things greatly.

Note that for this to work, the device you've listed on the first line as the modem has to be a combination modem/router and capable of being a router with firewall and a DHCP server and so on.

D.

 

[KoihimeNakamura]

The router is plugged into a LAN port, yeah. I have the modem plugged into the switch's WAN port.

rjwould: When I'm connected yes.