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pops
08-02-01, 12:36 AM
Purchased the Barricade router based on excellent reviews, flexibility, print server, etc. - and was on sale to boot! Installed and all Internet activity becomes very slow. Upgraded the firmware to 1.14, tried registry tweaks as per speedguide.net (as recommended by SMC tech support) all to no avail. Anyone else had this problem and successfully overcome it? Oh ya, brought a Linksys Etherfast router to try as well - it works flawlessly - no speed degradation at all! Costs twice as much (not on sale) and fewer features though - but it does work. Would really like to get the SMC working .....

Bluthng
08-03-01, 10:54 AM
I'm having the same problem. The price of the router was just too good, but now I'm regreting me decision. I have tried a Netgear RT314 before and I just can't stand the slow speed of SMC.
The firewall and print server is nice but the speed just isn't there.

I tried turning off the firewall to see if that helped. Didn't help much.