have you tried the new dual band routers. I have VoIP and found with 1 direct connect computer, a wireless printer, and two Acer Aspire's running, my bandwidth stays on the workable side. The duel bands will split your traffic into the highest and l…
Scott,
Short Answer: NO
You will not set a static IP address on your computer, but you will assign a reservation on the router to your PC's NIC card's MAC address. (If your router has that functionality)
Or yes you will have to statically assign (…
Thanx to both of You (Scott/YonK) for the response.
YonK! Will I need to set Static IP's to all 5 PC's in My Lan in order to achive this environment you speak of ? I'll have to familiarize Myself with this 2Wire Router alot more than I have,Bummer.…
Xproject,
You can also assign a network host priority (with a decent name brand router) similar to QoS as has been mentioned in other posts.
You can do this by assigning a certain IP address priority over others. So that your browsing will not be i…
Xproject,
Yeah, that is one way to do it. I tried IE Throttle, which limits the bandwidth of Internet Explorer to a limit that you set, but I didn't see much difference in the call quality when I ran the echo test. So we will see, keep the faith!!…
Magicjackhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsR3b2F9sUA
Yeah I saw that product on TV once.
Sounds like (bandwidth throttling software) I read into it once,in hopes that I might limit thee amount of bandwidth My Son used on a P2P client he used (Frosty)…
Scott,
I hate to say this but you might be in big trouble. Your computer is completely open to everyone on the internet. You need to get a router right away. A router also serves as a NAT firewall. This means that the router is exposed to the intern…