Re: bandwidth distribution

crescent_au@yahoo.com wrote:
> I am using Wingate for sharing my home internet connection. Wingate is
> installed in Win2000 and 3 XPs are sharing the connection. My internet
> speed is 256Kbps/64Kbps. When one of the computers uses P2P software,
> the bandwidth is noticeably reduced and websites take ages to download
> and even fail to load sometimes. I would like to know if the bandwidth
> can be equally distributed among the 4 computers. If one or more
> computers are not using internet, I would like to have the unused
> bandwidth be added to the quota of other computers. Is it possible to
> achieve this? Can Wingate do it or do I need other networking
> softwares?
>
> I would also like to know if it is possible for the client computers to
> "grab" the bandwidth from the Wingate computer. That might be called
> bandwidth stealing but since it is a home network, it is ok with us.
>
> Need some help. Thanks!
> Ben
>

Win/* ICS will always impact the bandwidth due to the pass-thru nature
of the connection.

You'r better off with a router and having all systems connected directly
to it. With only a capacity of 256k/64k, the p2p will almost certainly
clobber the net until it quiesces. You might try a switch like this
modem -->router-->switch-->all other machines.
The switch will give better bandwidth management under heavy loads, but
the 256k/64k upper limit will be the determining factor.

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