[plug] Router slow down

[gavinwc]

Thanks for your ideas and feedback. I'd be curious to play with openwrt. I
became aware of the project several years ago.  But, in this case I've
decided that I think an updated router will work given that as one response
reminded me that my router is six years old.

Thanks.
Gavin

On Fri, 28 Aug 2026 at 13:32, tok2 <tok2 at protonmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Gavin,
> I am not exactly sure of your problem - but these are some things to look
> for:-
>
>
>    1. You will only get Gigabit speeds between say a Gigabit port on your
>    router and Gigabit ports on the hub. I always switch off the uplink
>    Internet port when I need Gigabit speeds between devices.
>    2. Check your collision/retransmission stats on all your device ports.
>    Have you tested your terminations and cable runs with a cat6 tester?
>    3. If you do decide to upgrade the router - see openwrt.org - there is
>    a release for TPLink (I use one) - but mainly for Wifi and security
>    features.
>
> Get in touch if you need more.
>
> Regards,
>                    Terry O'K.
>
> Mobile: - +61 (0)4 1155 2066 (GMT +8)
>
>
> On Friday, 28 August 2026 at 11:18, gavinwc via plug <plug at plug.org.au>
> wrote:
>
> Hi people,
>
> Longtime lurker (joined late-90s), but it's been a long time since posting
> :-)
> Gigabit
> I have a TP-Link WiFi router model VX220-G2v that was standard issue when
> I signed up to iinet several years ago. The specs are still good by today's
> standards - or are they?
> I've always been fortunate to have FTTP since NBN upgraded my area to
> fibre several years ago. For a long time I've been on a 50Mbs plan, but
> recent price drops and a change of provider saw me upgrade to a 500Mbs plan
> for the same cost.Gigabit
> I've run Cat5 cable through the ceiling to a few sockets in different
> rooms, so we're not talking about WiFi speeds here, only cable.
> Now, at first I wasn't getting the speeds advertised and discovered that
> the short leg of Cat6 from the NBN modem to the router was the problem, so
> I replaced that. Still I was getting only a max of 260-280 Mbs by cable to
> a room through the router.No other traffic on the network, just one PC.
> In my fault-finding I decided to connect directly to the NBN modem using
> the same short cable that went to the TP-Link router. Boom! Immediately
> 520Mbs. Then I connected the cat5 that ran to another room direct to the
> NBN modem - again 500+Mbs.
> So, the weakness is the TP-Link router that even with gigabit ports and
> even if running on cable, not WiFi, is robbing me of half my available
> speed with only one device on the network, including no WiFi activity at
> the time of testing from any other device.
> Seems a good idea to upgrade the router, but is this actually going to
> help and give me effectively a "straight-through" connection with no speed
> loss when a single device is connected?
>
> TIA,
> Gavin
>
>
>
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