baby b
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Wednesday, 11th of August 2010 10:18:04 PM
l have been getting severely erratic internet connection. Sometimes l would
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get good bandwidth, other times abysmally low. l was told by my ISP that my
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cable modem is being shared by another customer. (my cable modem is outside
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the house, in the telephone ducts). the modem has a cap on its speed, and
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then the ether line goes to an ethernet switch, and then to the separate
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houses. l wanted to find out if this could be the cause of my erratic
connection. Thanks.
Thanks, l confirmed with the ISP, It is a switch
not a router. again as l am typing l find that my speeds are really slow. l
asked my neighbor if they were using the net, they said no. But they too do
find that their internet is slow. For the net to slow down is it necessary
for both to be online?
tway tway
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Thursday, 12th of August 2010 04:08:26 AM
You need to find out if the box that splits the Ethernet cable
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into two lines for the two houses is a switch or a router.
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A switch does not allow two machines to share an internet connection.
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If you have this system
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Internet>>>Modem>>switch LAN Port
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Switch LAN Port >> House 1
Switch LAN Port >> House 2
The Internet connection will be a mess. It may work, then fail then maybe
work later
If you have this system
Internet>>>Modem>>Router WAN Port
Router LAN Port >> House 1
Router LAN Port >> House 2
Then you can have a reliable, shared connection. You speed will depend on
what ur ISP gives you & what you & ur neighbor are doing at the time.
If both of you are surfing & reading e-mails, then you will never know the
other is on line.
If one of you is downloading on a P2P network, or playing an on-line game,
the other will see a slow connection.