hello guys,
I have a cable internet connection at 384kbps.. does the connection speed be affected when 4 or 6 computers will use the connection thru a router??? I only have one IP address assigned by my ISP.
I will also be using a router to switch connection for my network so i would also ask if what is the best cabling that suits this set up ( meaning shud i use regular straight thru or otherwise)
please help me on this guys thanks...
mike_b
2006-12-05 13:13:57 · 7 answers · asked by mike_b 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
384K is relatively slow as far as broadband goes. The 384K is a shared bandwidth. That is what your ISP is providing your house, wether you have 1 pc or 20 pc's doesn't matter. They all get only 384K total combined.
The others are correct. As long as everyone is doing just general web browsing, you shouldn't notice much of a difference since web page sizes are pretty small.
But, if even 1 person starts downloading a file or on-line gaming, with only 384K total, everyone else will notice a drop in speed since a single download will eat up all available bandwidth, which will probably happen frequently.
With 6 PC's on a single internet connection, I would recommend a faster connection.
2006-12-05 14:27:56 · answer #1 · answered by The Psycho 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Now, understand that whatever your cable connection is, thast all tey will pump out to you, nomatter whether you have 1, 2 5 or 10 computers at your end.
Youll be sharing that bandwidth, so if one computer is gaming and the other is downloading heavily, then the others will suffer.
Cable internet itself is on a shared bandwidth so take into cosideration that at times your connection may be very slow as in those peak afterschool and weekends.
DSL is a dedicated line, which would stay constant nomatter how many people are using their nodes.
So for your setup, Id probably say DSL would be best for you at that speed.
Or you could try uping your cable connection package.
But at 384 that already sounds like something either verizons dsl, or satellite internet.
If cables in your area, the speeds are reaching 8mb which even on peak times with 5 computers sharing would be faster than the 384 youre talking about.
But then, like one above answered. If all youre doing amongst the computers is web surfing -- no gaming, no heavy downloading, then you all should be fine
Thats pretty much it in a nutshell.
2006-12-05 13:53:34 · answer #2 · answered by writersbIock2006 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes your overall speed will be affected by how many users are on it, but cable is more vulnerable to this because of the way it's built, it's normal for cable internet to slow down during hours of high usage. The same way you share your cable signal with all your neighbors you also share your bandwidth with them.
The cable you use from the routers to the pcs will not make a difference since you connection is less than 1Mb. straight or crossover are not interchangeable, two devices that connect using straight through will not communicate over xover, and vice versa. Use CAT5 or CAT5E and you will be fine.
2006-12-05 15:25:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when you have more than one computer on line thrue a router it will run slower I have my cable modem going into a 2wire then from there I run it into a 3com witch I have 6 computers hooked up to the 3com and my conection is still strong but my internet provider is runing 10 megs so it is far better than most other internet companys
2006-12-05 13:22:27 · answer #4 · answered by mikedupoy 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sounds like a 8port router linksys prob do just fine dont need anything really fancy, just cat5/6 be good to wire them up or depending on locations if you can get cat5/6 else just go wifi prob be good to....
as far as slowing down, depends on what your doing if your all downloading linux iso images then well yeah if your just surfing the web @ cnn.com or something probably wont notice it much. web pages in general arent very large and get transfered realitively fast
2006-12-05 13:19:58 · answer #5 · answered by Jubjub 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-11-30 04:52:41 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it should not slow your connection speed down has for your cables i dont thik it really matters
2006-12-05 13:28:00 · answer #7 · answered by house_music_cat 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋