Networking Home PC's - Why bother?

Vlammetje · Post by **Vlammetje** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 9:33 pm

ok I get it

ta

mkush · Post by **mkush** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 6:58 pm

i just bought myself a 4 port adsl ethernet router

which allows me to have 3 pc's hooked up without having to av a pc on all the time, or need any extra software. It cost me ?100 with 50m of rj45 cable.
(2x25m lengths)
which aint bad,at least i tink so..

Even with the 3 pc's online it still seems quick,but was wondering is there anyway i can test this?

arfur · Post by **arfur** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 7:01 pm

Just do a speed test on each one. Get the other 2 downloading a nice big file each and test the 3rd.

mkush · Post by **mkush** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 7:04 pm

what just time the downloads?
cuz i want to know what connection speed my pc's running at.

Post by **117** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 7:19 pm

no use a site which tests your speed, like http://www.bandwidthplace.com

mkush · Post by **mkush** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 7:23 pm

that sounds more like it cheers.

Post by **117** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 7:32 pm

nay probs

Post by **fac51** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 8:16 pm

does your router have a built in firewall?

arfur · Post by **arfur** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 8:45 pm

117 wrote:no use a site which tests your speed, like http://www.bandwidthplace.com

Thats what I meant but if you get the others d/l a file then you can see what speed you get if the others are doing something.

mkush · Post by **mkush** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 10:34 pm

No my router aint got a firewall,apparently it's not the best of ideas.
better to keep em separate.

but it has got sumit which u can configure to act like a firewall(i tink)
u make a virtual server,not too sure about all that tho.

and yes i could do that

,set 2 downloading while running test.
Btw i couldn't get onto http://www.bandwidthplace.com as it said CGI limit exceded.

but found this 1 instead http://www.numion.com/

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Post by **fac51** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 10:39 pm

want a router and want a firewall that's why it seemed to make sense to get both in one box

mkush · Post by **mkush** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 10:50 pm

s'pose,would be cheaper that way.How much for the 2in1 jobie then?

Post by **fac51** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 11:16 pm

not sure tbh. about ?100 for a decent one i think

Post by **117** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 7:10 pm

mkush wrote: Btw i couldn't get onto http://www.bandwidthplace.com as it said CGI limit exceded.

but found this 1 instead http://www.numion.com/

there's quite a few different sites that are similar, i believe http://www.mcafee.com has one too

mkush · Post by **mkush** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 4:00 pm

yeah i did try quite a few but they ranged from site to site,i tink that 1 give me the best result.

Said i had a average of 489kbs which was when 1 of the other pc's was on and not doing much,just surfing web.

i'm going to try it soon while setting the two downloading sumit and see what it is then.

umm i just checked that site u posted all i found was a computer speed test which said i had poor computer speed, high risk crashes,servere memory leaks..WTF
then goes on to say if i pay $10 i could optimize my windows package,"CON" my pc aint slow at all.