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wow this stuff is amazing, after telling my dad that broadband was only £1 from NTL more expensive than the £19 hes paying for telewest/blueyonder, hes decided to try it out, I can't wait! and even though I won't benifit from the stupidly quick download times for MP3, I can imagine that games will run A LOT FASTER! I can't wait!
Whoa! I just got back from the telewest showroom, Broadbands great stuff, We were watching a small video and it was downloading faster than we could watch it! :D get it!
thanks for that, I only need something to seperate the connection, really so only one person can be online at a time, I might get a hub if thats the case, the PC i'm using at the moment isn't fast enough for modern games, it just about manages GTA, if I get a hub, my dad'll be able to do what ever he wants e.g. download his e-mails...etc, etc, then i'll be able to play faster games when he gets off on my PC!
Thanks for your advice though, the router information is very helpful I hadn't heard what they were capable of before.
Thanks for your advice though, the router information is very helpful I hadn't heard what they were capable of before.
As for the "IS uni good for games". It depends.
The uni my mate went to had network ports in every bedroom in the halls or residence.
He was right near the main connection to the net and could download at 8MB a second.
However, the uni I went to didn't have anything like that, so it all depends.
You have swift 'net access in the computer rooms, but are not allowed to install games, otherwise you get banned from using the network, which means you'll probably fail as you won't be able to do half the work.
It all depends really.
The uni my mate went to had network ports in every bedroom in the halls or residence.
He was right near the main connection to the net and could download at 8MB a second.
However, the uni I went to didn't have anything like that, so it all depends.
You have swift 'net access in the computer rooms, but are not allowed to install games, otherwise you get banned from using the network, which means you'll probably fail as you won't be able to do half the work.
It all depends really.
We could play over the network, but we wanted some better competition!
What happens is, each computer has a network card, connected to the router, the router then has an uplink to the cable modem, which is connected to the NTL box.
Because it's done like this, NTL can only "see" 1 IP address, no matter how many computers are connected to the router.
If you had a normal hub, then NTL would be able to "see" the number of computers connected to the hub, as they all have indivdual IP addresses, and NTL would only allow one connection at a time.
A router also allows people to connect evenly. So if I connect first, and am the onlt person connected, I get all the bandwidth. If you then want to do some downloading, the router then splits to bandwidth so we get half each.
Beacuse of this, routers are more expensive than hubs. About £150 for a router, compare to a cheap hub for about £60.
What happens is, each computer has a network card, connected to the router, the router then has an uplink to the cable modem, which is connected to the NTL box.
Because it's done like this, NTL can only "see" 1 IP address, no matter how many computers are connected to the router.
If you had a normal hub, then NTL would be able to "see" the number of computers connected to the hub, as they all have indivdual IP addresses, and NTL would only allow one connection at a time.
A router also allows people to connect evenly. So if I connect first, and am the onlt person connected, I get all the bandwidth. If you then want to do some downloading, the router then splits to bandwidth so we get half each.
Beacuse of this, routers are more expensive than hubs. About £150 for a router, compare to a cheap hub for about £60.
just thinking about your mates playing UT, can't you play in over a network? then your mate could have been surfing aswell. + is a network card faster? I would have thought it was.
Err, sounds like a good idea, it would be cheaper than getting a second cable line (£50 connection £20+ a month)
thats about £290 a year, erm a router sounds like a great idea, thanks YH + is UNI good for gamers? I have an image of loads of people playing Dreamcasts/PS2s and Gamecubes. The other rooms are probably filled with book worms, and people that go to UNI to study! eek
thats about £290 a year, erm a router sounds like a great idea, thanks YH + is UNI good for gamers? I have an image of loads of people playing Dreamcasts/PS2s and Gamecubes. The other rooms are probably filled with book worms, and people that go to UNI to study! eek
Fogmaster wrote:
> he he, the annoying thing is, i'm building my own PC which is much
> better than the pc with 'Broadband' and that PC can't play high
> powered 3d games like operation flashpoint, does anyone know how
> easy it is to run a second line off the one connection point? or is
> it all optical cable?
If you buy a router - like a network hub but allows for cable connection - you can have 2 computers connecter via a cable modem.
We did this in our house at university, and it was quick enough for 2 of us to play UT at the same time, with the third person web browsing.
Routers are about £150. A normal hub won't work as each computer has an independant IP address, and NTL won't let more than one IP address access the cable modem. If you get a router it has an IP address, so NTL just see the one IP accessing the cable modem, and you can then link up more computers so they all get swift access.
> he he, the annoying thing is, i'm building my own PC which is much
> better than the pc with 'Broadband' and that PC can't play high
> powered 3d games like operation flashpoint, does anyone know how
> easy it is to run a second line off the one connection point? or is
> it all optical cable?
If you buy a router - like a network hub but allows for cable connection - you can have 2 computers connecter via a cable modem.
We did this in our house at university, and it was quick enough for 2 of us to play UT at the same time, with the third person web browsing.
Routers are about £150. A normal hub won't work as each computer has an independant IP address, and NTL won't let more than one IP address access the cable modem. If you get a router it has an IP address, so NTL just see the one IP accessing the cable modem, and you can then link up more computers so they all get swift access.
he he, the annoying thing is, i'm building my own PC which is much better than the pc with 'Broadband' and that PC can't play high powered 3d games like operation flashpoint, does anyone know how easy it is to run a second line off the one connection point? or is it all optical cable?
Good for you (git). :P
wow this stuff is amazing, after telling my dad that broadband was only £1 from NTL more expensive than the £19 hes paying for telewest/blueyonder, hes decided to try it out, I can't wait! and even though I won't benifit from the stupidly quick download times for MP3, I can imagine that games will run A LOT FASTER! I can't wait!