2008/2/4 Leslie Satenstein <lsatenstein@xxxxxxxxx>: > Hi, > > For the past 5 years I had the cable modem facing downstream VOIP motorola > box and that was facing the netgear router (with wireless). Since my son > moved out, three months ago and took the spare computer, I became a one > computer owner. > > I left the router in the loop, as I thought to obtain a second computer to > replace what I gave away. > > Yesterday, I bypassed the router, and noted a marked improvement in response > times. Is it subjective? Firefox appears to works better, with what appears > to be faster responses. I also noted that Firefox did not lose responses. (I > had the problem with the router in place that Firefox would hang, waiting > for a return response. To get that final or missing response, I had to click > on the refresh button. Now, it does not seem to hang). > > > > Any comments. > > Leslie Well technically you shouldn't see marked improvement. But practically: * a router added another link between you and the modem * the router may not be all that good (introducing it's own latency) -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com )
