QUOTE(Labchip @ Mar 13 2007, 01:15 PM) [snapback]83206[/snapback]
@ netfreak - you're right about the el cheapo routers - my Xincom one though has a pretty pretty quality switch included. But even with some models from D-Link & Linksys - I have had pretty good LAN performance with about 10-15 devices on the network. At our office, we had well over 100 computers on the LAN, and even without a top end router/switch - we got close to 100Mbps connectivity constantly. I think for this user, with upto 25 connections, the Netgear router should not cause a considerable performance hit unless he is constantly moving around really huge files on his LAN. With respect to the connection sharing, the external WAN speed is so much lower than the capacity of the LAN, that there should not be a noticeable effect. My 2 cents![/b]
Yes, it should not matter in terms of WAN speed since it much less then LAN.
Few months back I helped a friend setup WiFi for a media lab that was a startup and were tight on budget. They had issues with Netgear WGR614 not being able to keep up with large Photoshop files being tossed around on LAN. Router stopped handling DHCP requests and such. But they were fine with rebooting the router whenever things seemed to fail.
But the same setup work just fine at my home with a PC / Laptop and two VOIP lines. LAN traffic is nearly zero.
I think he can try with a cheap router to begin with (it costs just ~2k)and if things break router can be replaced/augmented later.
@ netfreak - you're right about the el cheapo routers - my Xincom one though has a pretty pretty quality switch included. But even with some models from D-Link & Linksys - I have had pretty good LAN performance with about 10-15 devices on the network. At our office, we had well over 100 computers on the LAN, and even without a top end router/switch - we got close to 100Mbps connectivity constantly. I think for this user, with upto 25 connections, the Netgear router should not cause a considerable performance hit unless he is constantly moving around really huge files on his LAN. With respect to the connection sharing, the external WAN speed is so much lower than the capacity of the LAN, that there should not be a noticeable effect. My 2 cents![/b]
Yes, it should not matter in terms of WAN speed since it much less then LAN.
Few months back I helped a friend setup WiFi for a media lab that was a startup and were tight on budget. They had issues with Netgear WGR614 not being able to keep up with large Photoshop files being tossed around on LAN. Router stopped handling DHCP requests and such. But they were fine with rebooting the router whenever things seemed to fail.
But the same setup work just fine at my home with a PC / Laptop and two VOIP lines. LAN traffic is nearly zero.
I think he can try with a cheap router to begin with (it costs just ~2k)and if things break router can be replaced/augmented later.