slow internet connection on LAN

[d_unbeliever]

my friend has a LAN consisting of 10 XP computers sharing a 512kbps internet connection and it is so slow in downloading. we can only download files from the internet around 10kbps or slower. how can we make the internet connection faster? any utilities on the net like accelerator or something?

[glockjs]

unhook the other 9 machines

[waheed]

unhook the other 9 machines

damn, i was going to suggest the same :P , got there before me.

But seriously, 10 computer on 512Kbs IS going to be slow. I had only 4 computers networked on a 512Kbs and noticed a speed decrease.

upgraded to 1Mbs has improved speeds.

512Kps on 10 computers is nearly enough identical to dial up connection.

Also, remember downloads speeds are usually stated in Kilobybes KB and not Kilobits Kb as ISPs use (a clever marketing ploy)

1 KB = 8 Kb

[ChrisX]

my friend has a LAN consisting of 10 XP computers sharing a 512kbps internet connection and it is so slow in downloading.

The only way is to cut down the number of PCs simultaneously accessing the Internet on one connection.

Just stagger the Internet download times on each PC and how many users in the network?

I got no problem having 4 computers on a dialup Internet connection and the way to do this is one at a time for a user such as me.

ChrisX

[d_unbeliever]

cut down sigh...
is there not any program like maybe a connection accelerator that can somewhat augment the speed connection...i've seen some program that do this but never tried it yet though...

[redwudz]

There's no real way to speed up a connection. The only other thing you could do is limit the bandwidth to each computer to keep all of them from slowing down when one tries to use all the bandwidth.

[Solarjetman]

connection accelerators are like herbal male enhancement. Don't trust them!

[stiltman]

a connection accelerator

Is just clever marketing from Earthlink and AOL
Basically they turn your computer into a cache/proxy server. Everytime you go to the net, it will first look to it's cache to see if you have the file already. Then it will look to the net to see if there is a newer one. If there isn't, you never have to download anything.

Best thing you can do without increasing your bandwidth is;
Make sure people aren't using real audio or similar for net music
No P2P software
No webshots or gator crap
Tell the people not to surf the net all the time

[waheed]

Actually, there is a net accelerator available...upgrading your broadband to 1Mb/s or even 2Mb/s.

[d_unbeliever]

i see thanks guys