Is my Gateway slowing down internet access?

[Sluggo]

I have an old P-133 running as a gateway, and since getting everything hooked up, the other machines seem to have their internet access slowed considerably. Will a faster gateway help?

Expanding on my set-up a bit:

Cable modem to a P-133 with 2 NIC then going to a 10/100 switch, then to 2 other comps, one is a P-III 550, the other is a P-III 800.

 

[ScottMac]

What O/S? What NICs? How Much RAM? How much/how fast HD?

Gotta know...


Scott

 

[Sluggo]

<< What O/S? What NICs? How Much RAM? How much/how fast HD?

Gotta know...


Scott >>



Win98SE
1 D-link DE-220 ISA
1 Linksys LNEPCI II
64RAM
1gig 5400 HDD

The only things it runs in the background are:
Explorer
Systray
ZoneAlarm
Sygate LAN software

 

[ScottMac]

Yes. IMHO, your gateway is slowing down your connection, probably by quite a bit.

Try plugging in one of your other machines diect to the cable modem and see how much......

FWIW

Scott

 

[ttn1]

Suggestion, kill win98se.

Try a linux distribution and use IP masquerade. You'll never regret it.

And that machine would be overkill for a gateway.

One really nice gateway software that I use fits on a floppy and runs in memory.

Linux router project. and there are many others.

 

[TheRouterNinja]

yeah, im running an openbsd 2.9 router with unmatchable security =)