will this speed up my cable?

[speedyvision]

im not to bright in the topic of internet connections so if this is a really dumb question bear with me, if i were to get a new modem and wireless router (we have wireless now and need it) could it make my connection faster depending on the one i get? i have a surfboard cable modem, and a lynksys wireless router

[Atomic Rooster]

Not necessarily. Sometimes having matching manufacturers components will speed things up slightly, but I don't think it would be enough of a difference to warrant you spending the extra money for a Linksys modem.

[m1a1x1s]

Well what do you mean by speed up? What speeds are you getting right now? You can check at www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest if you want.

[speedyvision]

comunication=2.6 megabits per second, storage=313.8 kilobytes per second, 1mb file download=3.3seconds, so is that good? and what i should i have asked do different modems and routers perform differently???

[sweeper2]

mine is about exactly the same..just use time warner cable
A Toshiba pcx2500 modem
Road Runner service...
no router, just zone alarm and Trend PCcillion as firewalls and antivirus combo.

runs great...

[Atomic Rooster]

Your connection speeds are excellent. You don't need to change a thing.

[Martoch]

Click here if you want to find out how to speed up your cable connection...I'm assuming your max download bandwidth is 3mbps, right? Your speeds are just fine IMO.


Mike

[sweeper2]

Hey, was wondering if there is a difference from using onboard LAN and or a pci ethernet card?

Is there a performance difference also?

Using a K7N2 Delta series nForce chipset 400 edition MOBO with onboard LAN and Audio

don't use either..use a pci ethernet card and soundblaster live pci card...

[Atomic Rooster]

sweeper2 -
There is no performance difference between using a PCI card or using the onboard LAN. I use the onboard on my NF7-S and it works perfectley. I'm not sure of the audio quality difference between your onbaord and the SB Live.