well to start out I want to list my issue(s)
#1 at times bad network slowdown (and yes I bittorrent at times) but it happens also while no torrent applications are open, and what I do notice is it is only http traffic, I can use FTP at full speed while the browser will struggle to open a webpage..
now about my network, I have Comcast and while downloading from the best sites like a university page (IU)with applications i can sustain speeds a tab over 1MB (megabyte) per sec, and blasts of a tad over 3, so the connection is real decent in the midwest.
I have a Linksys WRT54G using the DD_WRT firmware as well 1 antenna replaced with a dlink 7db antenna
plugged into the router is a....
HP jetdirect print server
1st gen modified xbox
xbox 360
and the last port feeds a 8 port "rosewill" gigabit switch (note: all gigabit connections use CAT6 cabling)
out of the 7 open ports on the switch I have a....
custom built Win2003 Active Directory domain controller
HP Mediasmart Windows Home Server
Dell Media PC (Vista ult)
My girlfriend's Dell (Vista Ult)
My son's PC HP (Vista Bus)
And last is My MacBook dual booting OSX and Win7 beta (its plugged in 1/2 the time and wifi the rest)
Wireless connections are:
A friend that is staying with here has a eMachines (Vista Home) and I reformatted and setup everything before I allowed it at my house) so virus free
My brother has a custom PC and we verified virus free running XP pro
My girlfriends HP laptop (Vista Bus) always wireless
another modied 1st gen xbox in my bedroom
my iPhone
now not all pc's are active all the time, most are in sleep mode at any given time, as well isnt like my phone is hogging the network and video game consoles are only turned on when in use and I'm not a big gamer so rarely
I've looked at everything I can any utorrent use is capped in application as low as 5k up and on windows side I actually use another app called "netlimiter" that when I set a cap it will not allow any app to go above it unlike in utorrent when you cap at 5k thats the average and it can peak at 10-15k (keep in mind my upload maxes out at 200 kilobytes per second...
I just can't see why sometime only HTTP stalls, my only thought is I'm running so much through a lil linksys router that it simply can't handle it and I'm worried if I have to upgrade the router, if it can be done in a cost efficient way.. I can't spend thousands on a cisco catalyst switch
should I seperate and go for a better router, AP's, and a managed 16 port switch? damn that will cost a ton......
OR should I be able to run all this on a consumer router from Linksys?
#1 at times bad network slowdown (and yes I bittorrent at times) but it happens also while no torrent applications are open, and what I do notice is it is only http traffic, I can use FTP at full speed while the browser will struggle to open a webpage..
now about my network, I have Comcast and while downloading from the best sites like a university page (IU)with applications i can sustain speeds a tab over 1MB (megabyte) per sec, and blasts of a tad over 3, so the connection is real decent in the midwest.
I have a Linksys WRT54G using the DD_WRT firmware as well 1 antenna replaced with a dlink 7db antenna
plugged into the router is a....
HP jetdirect print server
1st gen modified xbox
xbox 360
and the last port feeds a 8 port "rosewill" gigabit switch (note: all gigabit connections use CAT6 cabling)
out of the 7 open ports on the switch I have a....
custom built Win2003 Active Directory domain controller
HP Mediasmart Windows Home Server
Dell Media PC (Vista ult)
My girlfriend's Dell (Vista Ult)
My son's PC HP (Vista Bus)
And last is My MacBook dual booting OSX and Win7 beta (its plugged in 1/2 the time and wifi the rest)
Wireless connections are:
A friend that is staying with here has a eMachines (Vista Home) and I reformatted and setup everything before I allowed it at my house) so virus free
My brother has a custom PC and we verified virus free running XP pro
My girlfriends HP laptop (Vista Bus) always wireless
another modied 1st gen xbox in my bedroom
my iPhone
now not all pc's are active all the time, most are in sleep mode at any given time, as well isnt like my phone is hogging the network and video game consoles are only turned on when in use and I'm not a big gamer so rarely
I've looked at everything I can any utorrent use is capped in application as low as 5k up and on windows side I actually use another app called "netlimiter" that when I set a cap it will not allow any app to go above it unlike in utorrent when you cap at 5k thats the average and it can peak at 10-15k (keep in mind my upload maxes out at 200 kilobytes per second...
I just can't see why sometime only HTTP stalls, my only thought is I'm running so much through a lil linksys router that it simply can't handle it and I'm worried if I have to upgrade the router, if it can be done in a cost efficient way.. I can't spend thousands on a cisco catalyst switch
should I seperate and go for a better router, AP's, and a managed 16 port switch? damn that will cost a ton......
OR should I be able to run all this on a consumer router from Linksys?