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Hi, I am having a problem with my Linksys WRT330N Wireless-N gigabit gaming router causing excessive latency within my wired network (i.e., my desktop wired to the router and then the router wired to my modem). With my old router, which was a 2WIRE given to me for free when I ordered my AT&T wireless wimax internet service, it would take 1 ms to go from my computer, to the router, and then to my modem (note hop 2): 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms home [1*2.1**.1.*5*] 2 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 7*-**-1*3-1.wimax.prhmnv.sbcglobal.net [7*.3*.1*.*.*] However, with my new Linksys router, which cost $150 and claims on the box that it has "Ultra-fast wired speeds with built-in gigabit switch," it now takes 8-9 ms to go from my computer, to the router, and then to my modem (note once again hop 2): 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms home [1*2.1**.1.*5*] 2 <1 ms 8 ms 9 ms 7*-**-1*3-1.wimax.prhmnv.sbcglobal.net [7*.3*.1*.*.*] The latency on the second hop sometimes fluctuates, with 8 ms or 9 ms sometimes being 5 ms or 6ms: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms home [1*2.1**.1.*5*] 2 2 ms 5 ms 6 ms 7*-**-1*3-1.wimax.prhmnv.sbcglobal.net [7*.3*.1*.*.*] The latency on my old router was always 1 ms to the modem and never fluctuated, but the latency with this new router is clearly a lot more and it definitely fluctuates. One would think that with the price it costs the latency to the modem would be at least the same or less, but it actually gives me an 8-fold increase in latency compared to my old router. I contacted Linksys technical support several times and they could not fix it. They had me change some settings, install new the latest firmware, and power cycle it a few times. Unfortunately, none of these things could solve the problem. Can any of you guys here help me before I return it? Thanks, Richard

Hi, I have ATT Wimax wireless and I am having a problem with my connection timing out at the third hop: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms home [**2.**8.1.***] 2 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 75-30-163-1.wimax.prhmnv.sbcglobal.net [*5.*.1* *.1] 3 * * * Request timed out. 4 122 ms 109 ms 129 ms fwa-wha1-1.bkfdca.sbcglobal.net [*5.*0.**4.*7] 5 208 ms 109 ms 109 ms vlan340-gateway.bkfdca.sbcglobal.net [64.160.192 .97] 6 580 ms 99 ms 101 ms bb1-g5-0.bkfd14.pbi.net [64.160.199.8] 7 104 ms 108 ms 89 ms ex2-p14-0.eqlaca.sbcglobal.net [151.164.191.75] 8 1874 ms 539 ms 99 ms asn3561-savvis2.eqlaca.sbcglobal.net [151.164.89 .2] 9 98 ms 120 ms 99 ms dcr1-so-5-0-0.losangeles.savvis.net [204.70.194. 145] 10 149 ms 149 ms 149 ms dcr2-so-3-3-0.dallas.savvis.net [204.70.192.246] 11 172 ms 159 ms 149 ms 208.172.139.130 12 154 ms 149 ms 160 ms te9-1.dsr01.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.87.253.6] 13 168 ms 149 ms 149 ms po32.dsr02.dllstx4.theplanet.com [70.87.253.78] 14 160 ms 159 ms 149 ms gi1-0-2.car17.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.116.8 5] 15 162 ms 149 ms 159 ms 55.b3.1243.static.theplanet.com [67.18.179.85] I would venture to believe that this is also causing me to have high and erratic latency, as shown in the above trace route, as well. This timing out at the third hop happens everytime I do a trace route, regardless which website I trace. Take, for instance, google: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms home [**2.**8.1.***] 2 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 75-30-163-1.wimax.prhmnv.sbcglobal.net [*5.*.1* *.1] 3 * * * Request timed out. 4 125 ms 119 ms 119 ms fwa-wha1-1.bkfdca.sbcglobal.net [*5.*0.1*4.67] 5 113 ms 119 ms 109 ms vlan340-gateway.bkfdca.sbcglobal.net [64.160.192 .97] 6 125 ms 409 ms 110 ms bb1-g6-0.bkfd14.pbi.net [64.160.199.40] 7 128 ms 129 ms 140 ms ex1-p2-0.eqlaca.sbcglobal.net [151.164.40.161] 8 136 ms 140 ms 119 ms asn7473-singtel.eqlaca.sbcglobal.net [151.164.24 9.54] 9 165 ms 140 ms 149 ms 216.239.43.126 10 155 ms 149 ms 140 ms 72.14.233.45 11 155 ms 160 ms 159 ms 209.85.250.67 12 189 ms 169 ms 149 ms 72.14.233.18 13 147 ms 149 ms 140 ms po-in-f103.google.com [72.14.253.103] My pings are less erratic, but the connection is still timing out at the third hop. Furthermore, I know other people who have this connection and their pings aren't nearly as high as mine. They get RTT times much less than 100 ms, where I usually average around 150 ms. Is this because I am timing out at the third hop? Considering the fact that the first hop is less than 1 ms (going to my router), and my second hop is only 1 ms, I am not sure why it jumps so high in the fourth hop. I would venture to believe the timing out at the third hop is causing this as well. I play a lot of games so latency is big issue for me. ATT hasn't been of much help, continuously putting me hold and failing to call back, so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Richard