cable internet question
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ok here's my problem i moved back in with my parents to try to pay off some bills and my sisters fiance moved into my parents guest bedroom becuase of a temp placment job (which has turned out to a lot longer the expected) and he is a huge gaming nerd and plays x-box live at least 10 hours a day and anytime he is playing it i can bareley use my damn computer the connection is so slow
is there a way to make my connection priority? or at least faster? we are all on the same wireless network and the router is a couple rooms away so somebody help me out
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routers ip address is probably 192.168.1.1 type that into the address bar on your browser. It should ask for a user name and password, if you have a linksys router the password is "admin" by default. Once in, click on the "WEP Key" tab and have it generate a new key. Write down the new key EXACTLY as it is on the screen and then when your wireless network icon pops up saying you are not logged into a network, click the balloon to see wireless networks, click on your home network and when it asks for the key, type it in and click connect. Then you'll have full access to the network and he won't get shit
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the connections main purpose is my dad's home office, im just trying to find a way to slow his connection down so mine can operate properly
does x-box live use that much of the connection or is there another problem? my dad has the faster cable connection i dont remeber what size but the bigger one of the 2 from cable one
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check your computer for viruses and spyware.
it shouldn't be THAT slow, heck I play some pretty serious online games and others can still surf normally on my connection....also make sure you are actually on your own wireless network, maybe you ended up locking into a neighbors slower signal?
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i just recently defragged, spyware, adware and avg like 2 days ago, this problem only started when he moved in, the connection has always been jumpy in and out of internet, not losing signal but internet we've have had the cable one guys out here 10-15 times for it but they never fix it, i live about 6 miles s. of 52nd ave s so i just think we have shitty cable or to many people on it
u can tell when hes between games because the connection gets way faster
it not as slow as dial up but connection just get jumpy and makes it frustrating using the internet -
Ok well.. Are you hooked up via the wireless? if so, theres ur damn problem.
Buy yourself a long enough wire to go from teh router to your pc. Fuck wireless.
As for his xbox slowing you down? IF he is going through the router, you should NOT see a slowdown.
Let me bust out a technical networking explanation
Here it goes:
A router is made to function as basically several wall jacks. What it does is this. Lets say you have a 10Mb connection. You take a ethernet cable, and plug it into 1 port on your router. Now the other ports that are left, will be the ports that you will WANT to directly connect your PC too. These other 4 ports will have the 10Mb connection. When a router recieves the signal, it doesnt split up that signal into parts like a hub does. A router will take that 10Mb signal, and blast all 10Mb out EACH port. Therefore, now each computer that is DIRECTLY CONNECTED to this router, will have the 10Mb connection. Now on the other hand, wireless... Wireless connections can be interferred with by many things. Couple of them are: Flourescent lights, cordless phones, and microwaves. Also, most wireless cards these days are Type G (which is what you should have). There are also a Type A and a Type B. If at any time, a Type A or Type B come onto a Type G wireless connection, that connection will AUTOMATICALLY be slowed down to the Type A or Type B connection (32mb or less i believe).
Not sure if you will understand this... but eh.. lol.
Easy solution:
step 1: Go buy a cable long enough to reach from your router to your PC
step 2: run that cable from your router to your PC
step 3: Enjoy your connection
Like the others said... If your connection isnt secure... thats a HUGE problem as well. Fix that, then do what i explained. Shouldn't have a problem.
Here is what i run on my network:
- My gaming PC which by itself takes 3 network cables (<3 the tweaks)
- 2 wireless laptops
- 1 directly connected family machine
- 1 wireless desktop
So yea...
If this doesnt fix your problem, PM me and ill help more.
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Through a router.. Yes. A hub.. No.
A router takes in the connection and throws out THE EXACT same thing it recieves.
A hub takes in the connection and slips it among the ports. Ex: 24Mb Connection into a 12 port switch. 24/12 = 2Mb connect per port.
Make sense?
Router example: 24Mb connection into a 12 port switch. each port gets 24Mb
EDIT: Wireless Type G is the fastest. Not sure on the numbers, but im positive Type G is the best.
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Almost positive I am. Didn't go through 4 years of Cisco for nothing
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Ok, let me try to explain this to you. The router gives out 100mb(well technically 66mbps or so with cat5e) to EACH port. There is only ONE input from the internet, if that is 10mbps, then its not going to be 30 or 40mbps just because you have a 4 port switch. Each computer has 100mb/1gb(or whatever you are using) pipeline WITHIN the network. The network only has a 10mbps pipeline to the outside world. Regardless.
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i know... EACH port will get the 10mbps. if it were a hub, it would get split up and the connection would fuckin suck.
my #'s were just examples btw.
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No, thats not right. There is no way my 3mbps connection is turning out to be 9mbps just because I have 3 computers connected. I know for a fact if I go download on my other computer, it WILL slow down my connection. May not be noticeable in my surfing, but if I test my connection, it will show a slow down. I am paying for a 3mbps line into my house, not 9mbps. I don't know how else I can explain it. It is not limited by me, but rather by the cable company. A router is simply a bridge that creates a private network. A hub gives EACH device its own PUBLIC IP address, it JUST splits, doesn't route. I need someone else to post up. If you have a 10/100 switch, each port will get whatever the network card on the other end allows, but the ENTIRE network will ONLY get what connection you subscribed too.
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