said by wickedny5 :

well well well... i am feeling like a total douche right about now.. for the last 6 months i have been calling and complaining on the phone and on the forums about time warner cable being one of the worst internet service providers anyone could imagine.
Today around 9pm the peak hour of when i get very slow download speeds i decided to unplug my router and connect the modem directly to the computer so i can get at least an average of 1mbps download.. but all of sudden i was getting a full 10mbps download speed and it hasn't gone down since. I then started to think "wow all this time i was receiving 10mbps and my F... router has slowed my speeds during 6pm to 3am" so then how is that possible??

I then thought "well rush hour starts at 5pm and everyone should be home by 6pm, kids, teachers etc.. anyone with 9-5 job pretty much is home at 6pm.." oh and i guess they go to sleep at 3am because that's when my speeds ran back up. Now me living in a apartment building in the middle of flushing i must be getting interference with the hundreds or maybe thousands of wireless signals around me. I then connected the wireless router again and i was back to my 1-2 mbps. So then i was determined to find a way to either block other wifi signals, which obviously i cant, i then decided to find a way to make my signal the strongest in my apartment building so i can prevail through all other signals and make a strong connection with minimal interference. I looked up DD-WRT firmware and installed it in my WRT600N.. i Went to TX power and cranked it to 251..

I know its taking a risk because of possible overheating but i said what the heck.. Ive been so pissed off about getting bad signal i was at a point that if i wouldn't be able to use the internet i wasn't going to care. So after cranking the TX power to 251 i was receiving my full 10mbps!!! So could it have been there was stronger signal interrupting my connection?? I encourage everyone with a linksys wireless router living in a populated area and has slow downloads only between the usual 6pm to 3am to get a custom DD-WRT firmware and cranking there TX power up to the recommended maximum of 251.

By the way you have to have a compatible Linksys router to use the DD-WRT custom firmware. I have a WRT600N. here is the link www.dd-wrt.com

May i remind you that its extremely risky to flash your router with a custom firmware. It even voids your waranty. But if you decide to do it.. you can expect the results from below.. a good 12mbps down and 0.7 mbps up Remeber to crank that TX Power Up to safe level, i put mine to 251, but thats because i dont care if it breaks, cause i can just go buy a new one.. so those that cant afford to buy a new router at these rough times, then i suggest you dont mess with it.

said by MacAlert :

Get a Motorola SB6120 and have Time Warner provision that modem....no more slowdowns.

said by Pizz :

Dareius,

try going to the Store in Queens Center Mall and swap out your Modem. Maybe they'll give you a Docsis 3 one? You never know with these guys and gals

said by patt2k :

I wonder if time warner now would supply docsis 3.0 modems even for standard , turbo users. Would we have slowdowns again? since not too many people know about this

said by wickedny5 :



WTF??? how come i keep getting these speeds from 6pm to 2am??? this has been going on for the last 4 months and all i get from timewarner is reboot my modem?? this is fraud, how can they advertise 10mbps and not deliver?? someone with a high status should sue there ass

said by patt2k :

Yes I dont think docsis 3.0 from RR is comin to NJ

but do a speed test see if your ping is better and speeds