Getting the Most out of your Bandwidth

[cdkj]

I think why i get 10mbps connection is because i live around the corner from one of verizon's buildings.

[CS4Life]

Yeah that would definitely give you some speed. I'm a couple miles from the nearest switch station and it bogs down my dsl connection.

[sickyourIT]

Distance was mentioned #1) in the tut, but here are some additives...


From what I understand, and I could be wrong, the distance is a bigger problem with DSL than with Cable. DSL is still an all copper-wire solution, while cable has all sorts of goofy techniques involved.

One thing I didn't mention is:

#8) Weather - A real buzzkill on satellite systems, (direcpc and the like) as the dish cannot "see" the orbital satellite well. Believe it or not, it also affects hardwired connections. Lightning storms can create static, which can cause problems with poorly insulated lines.

Not to mention people hitting things with their cars, the power going out (bandwidth is useless if you can't turn anything on), etc.

[ButtonMasher]

I haven't seen anyone mention it here, but having a router instead of a hub or switch can greatly reduce traffic on the ip layer. Lots of network broadcasts that don't need to see the light of day. The router can improve the speed of your network by providing traffic control.

An additional bit of caution when using a router (any rules you established will significantly impact speed because each packet will be checked for every rule) if you have a beefy router don't worry (of course if you do have a beefy router you are probably not using DSL or Cable then you probable have a frame relay or better connection). managing the router can be complicated. I would recommend make signle changes and reevaluting your performance loss each time and then assess the implemented risk.

Good threads I only clocked 9.3 mbps on the test. I guess a pay for it though

[manHunter]

my satilite service is the bomB. Anyone thinking of a sat connection should really be excited.. I get a T1 connection for a fraction of the cost. Unless in rush hour traffic my bandwidth is hugh. One thing with the sat connection they resrict you to only 160mgs of bandwidth in a 6 hour time frame. At these speeds you can lose your connection real fast or they spank you and drop your speed down to like 2 kbp. whoa!

[sickyourIT]

yeah, depending on the service, some sat companies can work. i used to work at a computer retailer, and the sat connection we sold there was only 4 times faster than dial-up (for downloads) you still had to use dial up to sync with satellite download service, and it cost about $60 bucks a month.


my...how things have changed...

one definite benefit to satellite- if you live on a boat, in an rv, or in the boonies.... you can still get *semi-fast* connection speeds, sometimes even in places that you cannot get dialup.

[dcongram]

LOL - cheyenne1212.....Gigabyte line !! Hopefully someone will invent gigabyte routers (just for you !) Which brings me to 2 points. My Mandrake clocks downloads at 5 mbits: whereas Windows 2K / XP clock at about 2.5 mbits. Obviously O/S makes a difference.

Second point - What is the speed of the 'internet' ? A Fibre line can be blazingly fast..but then it hits a router with max 1 mbit (or lower) speed. Used to be old routers with 567 (?) bytes max.

[hangfly]

Didn't see this link anywhere in the threads, thought I would post it. It seem to be very reliable. Still in awe over how fast connections have got. I just returned from about a year and a half overseas tour in the military and to be back with my cable modem (which is only 1meg down/ 256 up). I thought I was lucky, but now I am feeling behind the curve



"""note to self- when he find his rich uncle- change name and become long/lost family member""""

Sorry about that - got dreaming about that high speed connection and forgot to include the link
http://webservices.cnet.com/Bandwidt...xpro-txt.ba_is