September 26, 2010
How modems (DSL) work when 3 computer are sharing ? can one computer be faster to browse than the other ?
Posted by: kk : Category: Computer Question Answers
3 of us are sharing in one DSL-modem at 512 Kbps speed, is there any other option to make one computer works faster than the other ? To browse, download and watch videos, or the speed of the modem are equally distributed to each computer .
September 26th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
depend on the router you have. but not equal usually. If I hard downloading/streaming youtube other will lag or slow down. so I should be got more than other.
if modem connected to server computer first -> 2 other computer. the internet in the server is faster.
September 26th, 2010 at 9:37 pm
If all the computers are hooked up to the modem directly, then I don’t think there would be a way (but then again 3 PCs on one modem seems impossible on most consumer-standard modems).
If using a router, I would try the support section of the brand of that router for specific information. More than likely, you’ll have to enter your router setup and change the “priority” of each computer. Further than that, I’m afraid I can’t provide any further information.
September 26th, 2010 at 9:38 pm
I’m a network engineer with over 30 years of experience.
Yes. there are multiple things you can do for this.
Switches / Routers / DSL Modems. There really is very little distinction between them now, many of them are capable of performing the exact same functions, so when someone says routing table, etc. etc., keep in mind you might be able to do it on any one of them.
You could apply QOS for a specific hardware port on your switch, or apply port (channels) filters on all except the one you want to do viewing on.
make sure you have a 100 mb connection all the way from your viewing PC to you DSL modem. Including that the switch and ports connecting them are 100 mb also.
You can also adjust the MTU settings on your viewing PC, to allow a larger packet. Larger packets mean less header information / amount of data.
Finally, make sure your viewing PC does not have anything running in memory except what you really need. You should have only one or two essential icons in the lower right corner of your screen (next to clock) and plenty of memory in your machine (3 Gigs) for Windows XP 32 bit, more for 64 bit.