Magichat Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Its my birthday next week and me and my friends are gana have a lan party. I have a cable connectoin but my router doesnt have enough slots. I was going to buy a "Hub" to slap onto my connection and plug theres into it. so it would go in the descending order of Are 3 computers ----> Internet hub ----> Router ------> Internet How slow would this be? I dont think it would slow it down to much though i might be wrong. And is it possible to go 3 comptuers ---> Router ----> Router ------> Internet Please help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offspring Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Well, if you plan on doing this more often, you don't want to get a hub. A hub is really stupid in terms of networking, which is why it's so much cheaper. You could go Computers -> router -> router -> internet, however I strongly suggest against it since it adds an extra headache. The best course of action for any LAN party (I don't care what others say), is to buy a switch. It doesn't have to be big, I'd say look for a 5 or 8 port switch. It'll make your ping on the LAN a lot smaller, and speed up the packets passing through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatsHighfiveMe Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 The first setup should be possible. I don't know how slow it would be and I'd use a switch instead of a hub, though I think it doesn't matter if only 3 PCs are connected. k0zy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophism Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 yes get a 5 or 8 port switch. You cant go wrong with a good switch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlerner Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 With a LAN party i'd recommend a switch instead of a hub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hell-In-A-Handbasket Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 setup 1 with the hub would give each computer a total bandwith of 33.33~ mb each. (you wont notice it in games, only in file transfers) setup 2 with the router will keep the 100mb each behind the internet (internal network) (you wont notice it in games, only in file transfers) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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