How to tell if my router can handle all my devices?
I'm 15 and our router is by Netgear. Its only about a year and a half old and I have noticed that when my brother uses his PS3 while I'm streaming videos from Youtube, his system will lag out quite a bit. And we have A LOT of devices on our network. We've got my dad's Dell Precision M4500 and Precision M4700, my mom's Dell Inspiron 1545, my Macbook Pro 13", my brother's 13" Macbook Air, both my brother's iPod touch 4th generations, my iPhone, iPad, Xbox 360, my brother's PS3, and my parents' iPhones. I have been considering getting the Apple Time Capsule to help handle all the devices and maybe the Airport Extreme, also by Apple.
Is that too many devices for the router? Or do we need up have our plan sped up?
DO a speed test and know how much bandwidth you all are sharing…
Your are all sharing one connection… A router is meant to be shared… But connections determines the speed…
You would need at least a 10mbps connection… Giving you all (each device) at least 1mbps each
That's a lot of devices man. Personally, when we have just 3 laptops, and 2 desktops hooked up and used to our router it lags out my games. Our router is somewhat new though. If I were you, I'd ask your brother to keep one of his iPod's offline, see if you can get your dad to turn off one of his computers. I'm unfamiliar with the Apple Time Capsule and the Airport Extreme so I can't help you there. Just makes sure that you have no unnecessary devices hooked up.
Just remember that there's a limited amount of bandwidth, it needs to be used thoughtfully. Also, consider hooking up your computer to your network with a wire. Wire always beats Wi-Fi.
This is probably one of the best routers on the market. Consider buying it to help you out.http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Dual-Band-Wireless-N-Router-RT-N56U/dp/B0049YQVHE
Your router can handle up to 253 devices. The problem is not the number of devices. It is the band width. Streaming is intense use of bandwidth. There are a few things that you can do. If the router can handle it, you can set it so that it prioritizes traffic to the PS3. This may make your video lag but normally, it can handle brief gaps. Another thing is to just get more bandwidth. As time goes on, we're finding more and more things to do with it. If you need to be able to handle three streams at the same time, for example, you need at least 15 Mbps.
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