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[Alectronic]

Does anyone know how to stop other pcs plugged into my router lagging me?

Or, even better.... best set up for Dynalink RTA-300 router, networking setup. There are 3 pcs connected to the router.

[ajrox]

how are they "lagging" you exactly?
ideally just set the router up so that you have a class C {24bit} subnet:
255.255.255.0
use an internal IP address range like :
192.168.50.0
the routers IP address should default to :
192.168.50.1
this address will be the DNS server address for the computers and the default gateway for the computers {located in the LOCAL AREA CONNECTION network adapter properties}.
assign the computers the IP addresses of :
192.168.50.10 PC #1
192.168.50.11 PC #2
192.168.50.12 PC #3
{located in the LOCAL AREA CONNECTION network adapter properties}.
and put in a class C subnet {24bit} on each computer:
255.255.255.0
{located in the LOCAL AREA CONNECTION network adapter properties}.
and your ready to rock.
if your lagging it could be that your DNS server address on the PCs is incorrect or its set up on the router improperly. then they start to braodcast and flood your little network with traffic.
hope this helps
good luck
AJ
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[Alectronic]

Thanks heaps for the reply ajrox,
thats what i have done, i manually assigned the ip's and pretty sure it is correct all computers can surf the web at the same time, but i get lag when im gaming.
[quote]use an internal IP address range like :
192.168.50.0
the routers IP address should default to :
192.168.50.1
Not to sure what you mean here? internal IP address range ?? are you saying change the Routers IP to an internal IP address range? like 192.168.50.0 ?
Im thinking its the routers settings? if there even is a problem or is this normal? Im thinking there will always be interference basicly cause all computers will endup having to use the same line?. Or is it posible to set the router in such a way that there wont be any interferance from other computers.
my guess is that the more stable i want it the slower the connection will be??? maybe im just never satisfied i apreciate your help mate, will be greatfull if anymore cheers. [/quote]

[ajrox]

sorry, my einstien equasion ran off again.
there are basically 2 types of IP addresses:
PUBLIC: like the one assigned to you from your isp. an IP address that can be seen and hit from the outside world.
PRIVATE: this is more of a domain style of network and if you notice, most routers run off of something like 192.168.0.0 or 192.168.1.0 or some thing similiar, as a default. this allows for a more secure network and enough IP address for hurculean sized networks without flubbing up the internet.
what routers really do is this, map a PUBLIC IP address to a range of PRIVATE ip addresses. this is how 5 computers share a single internet connection. the router "routes" traffic to and from.
anyway,
so you only lag when your playing games on your LAN {network, comps attached to your router}.
are you certain that your router has DNS enabled {it might say DDNS for dynamic}. sounds like your computers are broadcasting the whole time so your lagging.
go here,
right click MY NETWORK PLACES and select PROPERTIES then right click LOCAL AREA CONNECTION and select PROPERTIES and then highlight TCP/IP and click PROPERTIES. now, under the option that says PREFERED DNS SERVER, you should have the IP address of the router listed. if you do then you might have the DNS server in the router itself misconfigured. my router has DDNS and picks up and remembers the computers names and the IP address ive assigned to them.
hope this made a bit more sense this time.
good luck
AJ
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[Flyin]

was anything resolved?

[Alectronic]

Well.... Ive done

[Hardware Junkie]

I am not sure what he's talking about. My DNS server settings are set to those of my ISP. I have it set to automatically get them from the router and it provides me with my ISPs DNS settings.

What are yours at?
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[ajrox]

[Roach412]

my first question before attacking the network itself, is 'how severe is the lag?'

having multiple connections working at the same time, and depending on the game being played(i.e. strategy versus shooter), the bandwidth requirements may be such that if somebody is dl-ing a website it hampers the high bandwidth-required game. if that's the case, there's no settings which are going to help reduce lag...you'll need a larger pipe to get more data through to compensate.

if the lag is spikes, then it's probably something like what i said above. if it's always crappy then it could be the network settings (hopefully it's this ). getting a bigger pipe is a bit more costly than just tweaking some settings, so i hope for your sake it's settings!

-Roach

[Alectronic]

Hi, thanks for the info and think im understanding a little more. I'm thinking that my problem cant really be fixed? and dont really know the difrence between spikes and lag. I think it might be spiking cause its like really screwed like jumping back and forth and telleporting .
Is this router verygood? or is there really any difrence in difrent routers?
Im using a Dynalink RTA300 if anyone out there is using this router with atlest 2 computers through it and thinks it might be a good setting i would be keen to try your settings. I have a Nokia Ni500 adsl could this be better? thanks for ya help and sorry i take my time replying to your messages. chur chur!!