Originally Posted By: PandaBear
Originally Posted By: brianl703
Some routers are [censored] and WILL slow down the connection. I replaced my router with a Linux box and got about twice the speed.
Quote:
DSL doesn't slow down like cable
Because there's a dedicated connection back to the CO for every house, right?
What do you suppose happens at the CO...? All those connections are aggregated into one, and that's where the slowdown can and does occur.
Most $80+ router can handle 10Mb/s easily, good enough for home use.
Cable has a high bandwidth pipe across the entire neighborhood. A neighbor running 10 download at once will slow the whole neighborhood down (don't laugh, I used to do that in college). So in some college towns, it is a no-no to use cable. DSL choke the bandwidth hogs by limiting them to the speed they buy, rather than having them slow the entire pipe down.
If it is really your son, you can get a router that support DDWRT or other open source firmware that has bandwidth control, or ask him to reduce his download to a certain limit in the download software(I set mine to 80kb/s down and 15kb/s up total).
i think that that is the main cause Panda, the cable co. has promised more "stuff" to handle the community for a while...now i wonder if they got the money??
What is DDWRT and cost?
Originally Posted By: brianl703
Some routers are [censored] and WILL slow down the connection. I replaced my router with a Linux box and got about twice the speed.
Quote:
DSL doesn't slow down like cable
Because there's a dedicated connection back to the CO for every house, right?
What do you suppose happens at the CO...? All those connections are aggregated into one, and that's where the slowdown can and does occur.
Most $80+ router can handle 10Mb/s easily, good enough for home use.
Cable has a high bandwidth pipe across the entire neighborhood. A neighbor running 10 download at once will slow the whole neighborhood down (don't laugh, I used to do that in college). So in some college towns, it is a no-no to use cable. DSL choke the bandwidth hogs by limiting them to the speed they buy, rather than having them slow the entire pipe down.
If it is really your son, you can get a router that support DDWRT or other open source firmware that has bandwidth control, or ask him to reduce his download to a certain limit in the download software(I set mine to 80kb/s down and 15kb/s up total).
i think that that is the main cause Panda, the cable co. has promised more "stuff" to handle the community for a while...now i wonder if they got the money??
What is DDWRT and cost?
