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NightHawk 8500 - Throughput speeds slow when using router vs direct PC connect - WebPass ISP
My ISP is WebPass. They provide direct network access into my building. There is no cable modem that I connect to. By default the ISP expects a direct connection from the wall outlet straight to the...
Go to Internet Setup on your router and clone your computer's MAC address. This will fake out the ISP into thinking your router is your computer. This may bypass any potential bandwidth throttling the ISP may be using to prevent people from installing their own routers. There is no guarantee that this will work.
Other things to try are to temporarily disable traffic metering, MAC address access control and port forwarding rules on the router to rule out their involvement.
Go to Internet Setup on your router and clone your computer's MAC address. This will fake out the ISP into thinking your router is your computer. This may bypass any potential bandwidth throttling the ISP may be using to prevent people from installing their own routers. There is no guarantee that this will work.
Other things to try are to temporarily disable traffic metering, MAC address access control and port forwarding rules on the router to rule out their involvement.
Thanks for the info. I did what you suggested about cloning the MAC address. It make a significant jump in speed to almost 100MB. I now think the the ISP does some sort of throttling without saying it does. Thank you very much for the tip.