Saga
Banned
Unfortunately I am a component hardware expert who (somehow) knows very little useful information about network connectivity. (It's my next branch of learning, bear with me 🙂)
Using one of the cheaper Linksys 10/100 router's with my computer set as the DMZ. There are four computers attached to this network. Two of them are mine, one used for gaming and the other used for web surfing or all around general purposes when the main system is doing something stressful. The other system is used by my roommate and then a machine set up with two 300GB SATA HDD's used for file storage, backup, music, etc.
All cables are Cat5e due to the fact that I intend to upgrade to a 1GB D-Link when the money warrants it to speed up internal transfer rates (how much of an increase would I actually see?) but are still currently restricted to 100mb/s.
When playing BF2 there are times when the other two internet worthy computers are doing things as simple as websurfing (which nowadays some sites cannot be called simple due to the amount of flash they download..) and I will begin to get connection stutters on BF2 where the dreaded "There is a problem with your internet connection" message flashes and I end up chain dying to some punk with a knife. =/
How exactly do I go about identifying where my network bottleneck is? Cable modem? Router? Using integrated 10/100/1000 Yukon/Maxwell (NF chipset uses Max I think?) network on my three systems and I am unsure if roommate is using a NIC card or motherboard.
Using one of the cheaper Linksys 10/100 router's with my computer set as the DMZ. There are four computers attached to this network. Two of them are mine, one used for gaming and the other used for web surfing or all around general purposes when the main system is doing something stressful. The other system is used by my roommate and then a machine set up with two 300GB SATA HDD's used for file storage, backup, music, etc.
All cables are Cat5e due to the fact that I intend to upgrade to a 1GB D-Link when the money warrants it to speed up internal transfer rates (how much of an increase would I actually see?) but are still currently restricted to 100mb/s.
When playing BF2 there are times when the other two internet worthy computers are doing things as simple as websurfing (which nowadays some sites cannot be called simple due to the amount of flash they download..) and I will begin to get connection stutters on BF2 where the dreaded "There is a problem with your internet connection" message flashes and I end up chain dying to some punk with a knife. =/
How exactly do I go about identifying where my network bottleneck is? Cable modem? Router? Using integrated 10/100/1000 Yukon/Maxwell (NF chipset uses Max I think?) network on my three systems and I am unsure if roommate is using a NIC card or motherboard.
