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Originally Posted by photon
I was told by a couple of people at Shaw that the Cisco can't do 150, only 120.
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A new user, Shizzledisturber joined with this in mind:
I've seen this - I opened an account and can't post yet - but what I've seen people do to fix this 60mbps speed issue is put a gigabit switch in between the Hitron and the home router you have.
We put in a bunch of Cisco VPN boxes for our staff and they had this issue until one guy put a switch in and figured this out.
YMMV
This is a great idea, except you can only have one device plugged into the switch, then you have to plug the switch into the WLAN port on the router.
I will fully test this tomorrow and let you know. The switch being a cost effective work around if it works. However, 120 is better than 60 which is what the Hitron achieves when bridged. This modem does not meet cat 5e spec! Okay for use as a router or a short run, but not cat 5e compliant.
The real problem with the Cisco modem is that it has been reported to have some buffer issues, which means frequent resets, but does meet cat 5e spec. Also, the max capacity of this modem is 120. Will keep everyone posted and thanks to Shizzledisturber for the great recommendation.
UPDATE: And then Shaw services takes down internet and telephone service until 6 am, setting of my alarm in full siren at 2 am. Probably related to McLeod trail updates but i've literally got 35 hours into troubleshooting and listening to on hold messages this week! never an ounce of trouble until this new plan