massahwahl
VIP Member
I recently switched my dsl service from the 'Lite' version to the 4Mbps version which should be blazingly faster than what I had before but I have only noticed small increases in my download times, while downloading Counter Strike from STEAM it took almost 2 days and the download time would fluctuate. One second it would be going at maybe 54Kbps then it would burst up to over 400 Kbps but only for a few minutes, then fall back down to below 20.
I contacted the dsl company (Windstream) and they walked me through a few generic test then said I would need to pay a tech $65 to come and look at my machine (ugh..hell no) Ive done several speedtests on it and again, get various results usually not very good though.
So after trying several things Im thinking that perhaps there are ports I need to open on my router? Would this help and can someone instruct which ports need opened? Also, do I open them on both my wireless router and modem?
I contacted the dsl company (Windstream) and they walked me through a few generic test then said I would need to pay a tech $65 to come and look at my machine (ugh..hell no) Ive done several speedtests on it and again, get various results usually not very good though.
So after trying several things Im thinking that perhaps there are ports I need to open on my router? Would this help and can someone instruct which ports need opened? Also, do I open them on both my wireless router and modem?