University Bandwidth
Posted: August 29th, 2005, 2:48 pm
As some of you may or may not know, I am attending Purdue University for Mechanical Engineering.
Being the networking savvy computer user that I am, I decided to try and get the most out of the Internet connection that is available to me in my dorm, and then get some more 
I decided that I would need a powerful router, I chose the Linksys RV042. This router is one of the best that I've seen. It supports hardware VPN routing, as well as a great hardware firewall, and most importantly, two wan ports.
These wan ports can be used 1 of 3 ways.
1. Use only 1 wan port
2. Use both wan ports (1 primary, 1 backup)
3. Use both wan ports (load balance)
I opted for option 3, this would take my roommates and my connection and combine the two. I had to change the mac address of one of my wan ports to match the mac address of the router he originally had plugged into the wal, no big deal.
I then ran a speed test at 6.30am local time at:
http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
these are the results: 
I decided that I would need a powerful router, I chose the Linksys RV042. This router is one of the best that I've seen. It supports hardware VPN routing, as well as a great hardware firewall, and most importantly, two wan ports.
These wan ports can be used 1 of 3 ways.
1. Use only 1 wan port
2. Use both wan ports (1 primary, 1 backup)
3. Use both wan ports (load balance)
I opted for option 3, this would take my roommates and my connection and combine the two. I had to change the mac address of one of my wan ports to match the mac address of the router he originally had plugged into the wal, no big deal.
I then ran a speed test at 6.30am local time at:
http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
these are the results:
