No. This is not a major issue. Cable
modem is shared bandwidth. DSL is dedicated. You can share a DSL
line among several computers in your house, but, like cable, it would take A LOT
of computers to really slow the bandwidth down. Your 3 will have little to
no effect on the bandwidth.
I run 3 computers on a cable modem line with a
Linksys router. My 3 computers are a PIII 1.2Ghz, a P4 1.6Ghz, and a
little P-100 that I installed a TV tuner card in, and I use it primarily for
watching TV. The PIII and P4 are my gaming computers. There is no
noticeable difference in speed of my connection, only in how fast the computers
can process the information they are receiving. Obviously the P4 responds
the quickest because it's the fastest. In reference to EverQuest, this
means it loads and zones a little faster than the PIII.
Is there any way to fix this problem?
Sure. Make sure all your computers are the same speed.
Wulfric
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 8:32
AM
Subject: RE: [EverQuest] Computer
Question
Thanks for all your input guys, is there a certain brand of
router that you (as a majority) reccomend? Oh yeah I have another
question..say you have 3 computers and one of the three computers is faster
than the others, will this comptuer take up more bandwidth on the DSL line
casuing lag for the other 2 computers? If so is there any way to fix
this problem? Thanks in advance for your answers and happy
hunting!
Dabruiser Troll
Warrior of the 29th Season