LAN Party Bandwidth

[shoogie107]

My friends and I want to have a LAN party. We plan to play games like CS:GO comp, Guns of Icarus, etc. What I want to know is if 36 Mbps down and 6 Mbps up enough to play these games. There is going to be 5-6 people/computers at the LAN party.

 

[TrentSp]

Should be plenty since games don't really take up too much bandwidth, just make sure you have a decent Ethernet switch or hub, you can find many online if you don't already have one!

 

[offroadguy56]

If it's LAN then you are limited to the bandwidth and latency of the router that you own.

You are having your friends over at your house for this right?

I have a router with a 300mbps throughput.

Just look at the model number and google the specifications of the router.

 

[kanewolf]

For a LAN party, I would recommend adding a switch to provide enough ports. Remember that power for the PCs is also an issue. You may have to get power from multiple rooms to avoid tripping a breaker (depending on how many people you have). Three to five PCs to a circuit is MAX (depending on the configurations).

 

[shoogie107]

I should specify that we plan to play both online/LAN games. I know a good internet connection is not required for LAN games. I am concerned that my internet connection won't be able to handle 5-6 people playing online games at the same time.

 

[Nonpossible]

I should specify that we plan to play both online/LAN games. I know a good internet connection is not required for LAN games. I am concerned that my internet connection won't be able to handle 5-6 people playing online games at the same time.

That's more than enough bandwidth for that many people to game. Just make sure you have a robust router/switch that can handle it.

Do NOT use a hub, they are an outdated technology. Basically a switch's ports each have their own dedicated bandwidth and a hub shares bandwidth across all its ports. So you have way more collisions and packet loss on a hub.