Hai der you guys, I'm asking for more help instead of going to a tech support forum for help!
So recently I switched to a newer model of router that is able to port forward for Gmod, and it did. However, it decreased DL speed by about 3-4 mbps. It also turned out that it has a lot of problems where it drops the internet sometimes and the default username and password would often not work even after a complete restore to factory defaults.
So I switched back to my old router, and for some reason, instead of a usual 12-13 mbps on that model, I got about 4 mbps. I switched back to the new router and also got around 4. I left it overnight and it got back to around 8 mbps. My sister unplugged the router while it was still on, and when I turned it back on it was back to 4 mbps.
Presently I have it at around 6-7 mbps average (still on the newer model). It drops internet sometimes and seems to have generally less performance than my old router.
HOWEVER, my modem has the send light blinking very infrequently, and when I hook up my computer directly to the modem, I still get a pretty low DL speed.
So my question is, should I try to get a newer modem, should I hook up my old router, or should i do something else? I don't really even know the problem exactly, I would appreciate if somebody could tell me what's going on.
