VortexEnable
January 25th, 2008, 02:29 AM
Hello, I was wondering how many computer can be routed wirelessly and hardwired from one cable modem without loosing much speed for gaming and such. Thank you!
DonBB
January 25th, 2008, 03:03 PM
If I'm not mistaken cable bandwith is shared. So if you get 5 Mbps, and you're roomate is using 2.5, that leaves you with 2.5.
z1p
January 25th, 2008, 11:33 PM
If I'm not mistaken cable bandwith is shared. So if you get 5 Mbps, and you're roomate is using 2.5, that leaves you with 2.5.
Traffic on all networks are shared. So, as DonBB seems to be saying, the bandwidth to your ISP will be shared by all the systems accessing the internet.
However, just have a system connected to the router (that is connected to the modem, as that is the usual way of sharing a broadband connection), does not generate much, if any traffic on your broadband connection. Also, since a LAN is usually running at 100Mbps and a broadband connection is 5 to 10 Mbps tops, even if the broadband connection is getting hammered there should still be plenty of bandwidth on the LAN for local traffic.
how many computers you can have accessing the internet via a broadband connection without noticing speed issues varies depending on the broadband connection speed and what people are doing. There really isn't any cut and dry formula that can be used.
DonBB
January 26th, 2008, 05:36 PM
Sorry, I worded that completely wrong, and I also see that he is talking about bandwith ON the LAN. I was thinking of internet bandwith.