On Mon, 17 Sep 2001 10:16:02 -0500 "Bill Layer" <blayer at qwest.net> wrote: > This is kind of interesting.. I noticed recently that my internet > bandwidth seemed to be less than the 640k that I was used to with Qwest > DSL. So I went to DSLreports.com and tested it. My suspicion was confirmed > - I was testing at about 230k/down 240k/up. This is more like a 256k > connection than a 640k connection. I have had slow (25k) downloads for a > long time now, and I always assumed it was the remote server or the route > that was causing it... > > I started to think back to when this problem began, and I realized that I > could not recall it happening in the days before I upgraded to CBOS 2.4.1 > or 2.4.2... Now, I started thinking about my whole question about the > 'nsrouter' versions of the CBOS firmware (which is what I was currently > using) and what the differences might be between the 'nsrouter' and > 'plain' versions of the firmware. So, I made a guess and did an > experiment. If you might recall, when I tried to use the Qwest DSL > updater, it told me to use the c675.2.4.3.bin file, NOT the > nsrouter.c675.2.4.3.bin file. > > I've had the c675.2.4.3.bin firmware for a while, but I'd never installed > it. On a whim, I went ahead and did it. Like magic, on reboot my > connection is 550k+ and all seems speedy again. Flashing firmware on this > device always creeps me out a little, so I really don't feel like > re-installing the nsrouter.c675.2.4.2.bin version to see if my connection > falls back to 256k again.. > > If you are running the 'nsrouter' version of 2.4.1 or 2.4.2, could you > please test your speed and let me know? This seemed like a direct cause & > effect relationship (from my end) but it still seems like an easy > coincidence... > > Thanks, > > > -.bill.layer.- I am running nsrouter.c675.2.4.2.bin image and I achieved these results: ** Speed 531(down)/227(up) kbps ** My understanding of this, and I may be completely wrong about this, is that NetSpeed manufactured these little routers before cisco, then cisco bought up netspeed and renamed their dsl router to cisco 67x from netspeed 2.x.x I used to have a netspeed router (still do) and physically they are identical, and when I researched this issue before, when I originally upgraded from NSOS to CBOS I was told they are exactly the same router, and uses the same image. While this may not answer the question why does cisco have so many image names I dunno unless people are renaming them to suit their own convention. HTH -Kevin Hinze