wireless traffic would effect my LAN network speed?

[zimu]

hey guys,

ok so our floor has a shared 8mbit link. each room has a port, which will hook up to the switch, which i doubt has any "special configuartion"- i.e no capping (i can hit 8mbit during off-hours without any issue).

i have a wireless router hooked up to my port. i use wireless once in a while if i'm in the lounge etc, but if i'm in my room i'm connected directly with an ethernet cable to the router.

my question is this. lets say there are 2 people connected wirelessly, and i'm connected wired, all to my router in this one port. would what they're doing effect my speeds? ok on the surface, you'd be tempted to say yes. BUT-- would there be any difference in MY performance from my setup if for example they weren't connected to my router, but directly into their ports, which is on the same floor hence shares the same internet connection anyway?

 

[brunswickite]

Them sharing your port, would mean you have 3 computers sharing one port on the switch and you have an extra hop (your router). I dont think the speed difference would be that dramatic if the setup is as you decribed.

 

[zimu]

yeah that's what i thought-- and the router does not have DHCP enabled-- i don't remember what the word is but the IP addresses whoever are connected to the router receive is directly from our dorm's DHCP server-- so the router is just a tunnel, essentially acting as a switch-- the extra delay would be in ms... but just wanted to make sure overloading my single port wouldn't effect performance...

 

[nweaver]

so you don't have a "router", you have an AP/switch 😉

I assume you are plugged into the LAN port, not the wan then. It shouldn't, assuming that you have 100 (wired) connection to the core switch from your switch.

 

[zimu]

heh heh, well yes practically it's an AP/switch!

and yes- connected via lan port, not WAN. have a 100mbit to my laptop, and the other 2 dudes i guess are sharing the 54mbit (mwahaha).