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Author Topic: multiple connections on my wify  (Read 5676 times)

caspeer

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multiple connections on my wify
« on: November 06, 2011, 02:37:37 AM »
Hey there,
I was just wondering... When I connect 2 laptops to my router, why does the speed/connection get split? I would understand that if the speed was maxed out or something but it's a lame 500 kb/s connection. Do all wify routers behave this way? It's kind of annoying since there's a trafic quota limit implemented and when someone downloads, the other one can't do s^&t :D
Any ideas on how to handle this? Thank you
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Hard Harry

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Re: multiple connections on my wify
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2011, 07:12:07 PM »
What do you mean "split"? What are you using as measurement? If both devices are doing the same thing, then all other things considered equal (signal strength, wireless card, AV, network configuration,etc) then yes, the bandwidth will be allocated to both devices equal.
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caspeer

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Re: multiple connections on my wify
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2011, 11:03:59 PM »
well to explain myself better
i live in a student dorm atm and here, each person has a user/pass for their internet acces... usually when we use a lan connection via router, each of us gets our max speed, namely 500kb/s... but when i connected 2 laptops via wireless, those 500 kb/s got split. on one laptop i was downloading some stuff and on the other one, it could barely connect to a page on the internet. i'm not trying to equally split my speed, i'm asking if there's a setting or something so that each pc gets it's own connection... not splitting the same. or wireless connections don't work in that way? ty
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Hard Harry

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Re: multiple connections on my wify
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2011, 05:31:28 PM »
Ahh, that makes perfect sense then. The question is, is the bandwidth allocated to the mac address your dorm's server sees when registering, or can you use PPPTP to tunnel through the router to give each device its own bandwidth. If the dlink router is set to DHCP, then probably no. If its set to PPPoE, then maybe. Depends on if they allow multiple sessions. Also, do they allow for routers? Usually Dorms with that type of system do not.  If they do, might want to ask them how to fix the issue. If they don't, might want to keep very quiet. ::grin::
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caspeer

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Re: multiple connections on my wify
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2011, 08:28:53 AM »
users are based on the mac adress for every pc. if i disable DHCP, will every pc get his own bandwith and stop hogging the same one?
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Hard Harry

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Re: multiple connections on my wify
« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2011, 11:49:18 AM »
No, you would have to turn all routing functions off all together and turn it into a AP. If I understand your connection (and I very well might not) correctly, it uses a web based registration from a DNS redirect. And what ever IP(and Mac address attached) it sees registering, it allocates the bandwidth to that. The system can't see the 192 IP each computer is giving, only the IP the network is giving the router. If you turn off the DHCP, all it will do is not give out private IP's. So computers won't even connect to the router.

Long story short, I think the network is designed like this to specifically limit the bandwidth to each device. I would check out this link, to try to turn the DIR-615 into a AP. It is possible each Ethernet wall port only allows 1 IP through, and if so, your out of luck I think.
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caspeer

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Re: multiple connections on my wify
« Reply #6 on: November 08, 2011, 12:12:58 PM »
you understand the connection perfectly, even though i'm not so good at explaining  ;D
i don't think that the wall port allows only 1 ip since with wired connections via router/switch it works like a charm and everyone gets their 500 kb/s...

btw is it possible to disable the router's ability to give it's own ips? so that it takes the default ip from the network... doing this, in theory (in my mind, to be more precise), will it reduce the problems caused by routers to the network?
TY
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Hard Harry

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Re: multiple connections on my wify
« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2011, 02:11:11 PM »
There is alot more to a router then just giving out 192. What you need to do is turn the router into a AP, or buy a AP. I forgot to include the link last post, so here it is. As you can see, its not so simple.

But your saying with a router/switch it works? What do you mean? With a router or a switch? They are two very different things. And yes, a switch gives each device it's own public IP. A router takes one public IP, and hands out private IP's. What was the model number of the device that was working for you in the past?
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caspeer

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Re: multiple connections on my wify
« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2011, 10:14:14 PM »
well with a LAN connection, the bandwith from the dorms never got split... each and everyone of us got their own bandwith, as intended... i want to do the same thing with wireless IF possible
the first device i had was
http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=354
and it worked like a charm
now i'm using the 615 ROUTER, and if i'm using a LAN connection, it works the same as the previous device, each user getting their own bandwith, and not splitting one
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