New Router?

lol alright so since i built my new PC, ive noticed some serious slow speeds while on the internet. i decided to run speedtest.net and it came up with varied results between 3mb/s down and 12mb/s down..... my desktop is getting barly 5mb/s download. this is all wireless.

i decided to connect my laptop straight to the router via Ethernet, and ran the test again. i got 30mb/s download speeds. i then decided to connect my laptop to the modem directly. i then got 60mb/s download speeds with about 12-20ms ping.

just to make sure again, i disconnected everything, and went wireless again. standing rite next to the router, i got 12mb/s download again.

time for a new router? i think so....

any fairly cheap/good suggestions?

DocBrown said:

What brand do you have currently ? & Model # ?

HOLY SH#@%

lol the thing is like 20 years old.

its a linksys WRT54G3G-ST

i reset it for now. getting 15mb/s solid now.....

any suggestions for a good router that wont be over $70 ish?

DocBrown said:

Have you gone to the Cisco / Linksys website & got the latest Firmware version for it ?

tried. it dosent like the update. like it wont take it.

so between these 2 router, which one is the best deal?
just some insite.
theres going to be no more then 8 devices at one time, i play games from my desktop. the rest of the other devices are phones and laptops. used for internet browsing and youtube watching. thats really all

my internet speed directly out of the Modem is 60mb/s down, 8mb/s up

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