Im getting a wireless internet modem soon so that i can use my laptop anywhere in the house without all the cables attached for cable internet access. What my question is, if im connected to the internet with my laptop, and my friend is at my house and is also connected to my wireless internet through his laptop, will my internet still run at full speed even though there are two people logged on to it?
For example, I usually can download a file at 300kbs/sec. Will i now only be able to download at 150kbs/sec with another user connected on to my internet? 100kbs/sec if three users are connected on to it? This may come off as a "noob" question, but im new to this wireless internet world. =P
2007-07-16 19:17:35 · 4 answers · asked by Wil Z 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet ➔ Other - Internet
i don't know how much slower it will be, but definitely you wont get the full speed.
2007-07-16 19:28:23 · answer #1 · answered by MRFILLUP 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If both of you are downloading files simultaniously, you will both get around 150Kbps instead of 300Kbps. But if you are both connected to the internet and one person is browsing and the other person is downloding, neither person will notice much of a difference because casual browsing doesn't take very much bandwidth.
It will split the speed between connections. If you have two computers. Computer A is downloading a large file, it will take all 300Kbps. Computer B then starts a file download, it will get 150Kbps and computer A's download will drop to 150Kbps. If Computer A then starts downloading another file, all of the file downloads will drop to 100Kbps, however Computer A will have a total download speed 200Kbps and Computer B will only have 100Kbps. This is because it is splitting the speed based on each internet connection, and NOT based on each attached device. As soon as any single file download is complete, the remaining downloads will jump up to 150Kbps again.
2007-07-16 19:38:50 · answer #2 · answered by Michael M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The total speed of the internet will still be the same.
You can get maximum speed, if the other users aren't using it heavily.
It gives you the most it can, but also divides it when needed.
Something like that anyway.
2007-07-16 19:28:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the switch or the router that's used to provide wireless connectivity at your house do the bandwidth splitting based on how many users are using the internet connnection at your house and it's normally .
2007-07-16 19:45:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋