Running a small server?

[devfish]

Ok, I have just set up an old computer as a dedicated server, and my brother is making a stink about the fact that it is slowing down his network. Is it actually slowing down his network? He is using WiFi, while the server is connected through Ethernet to the router.

Thank you-

Edit: sorry I forgot to make this clear, but the server is a small Minecraft server that only me and 2 other friends are using. It shouldn't put a huge load on our bandwith, should it?

 

[jsmithepa]

I wager YES.

and the only way to fix this is if you have a firewall/router with QOS/Traffic Shaping capability, and you know how to configure.

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

How exactly is it slowing down the network? Is it slow accessing local resources on the network or slow accessing the Internet? What modem/router do you have and what are your download and upload speeds?

 

[devfish]

How exactly is it slowing down the network? Is it slow accessing local resources on the network or slow accessing the Internet? What modem/router do you have and what are your download and upload speeds?

Ok so a big part of this is I don't think that there is an actual decrease in network speed, I believe that my family just thinks that there is. I know that I have a Netgear router, but I am not physically there right now, so I can't give any specifics besides the fact that we have around a 200mbps allowance, sorry.

 

[failboat]

Gaming traffic is very small. Just a few people on it barely uses 1-2Mbs. Considering he is on wifi he probably can't even max out 200Mbs.

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

OK, here's an easy test to confirm if the Minecraft server is slowing the connection.

With the network running as it normally does, run a few speed tests from different websites from a device that's wired to the router. Do the same from a device connected to WiFi. If the wired device gets close to the download and upload speed you pay for then the issue clearly isn't due to bandwidth.

I wouldn't be surprised if WiFi was the problem. Very rarely do you get the same speed from wireless as you do from wired.

 

[jsmithepa]

Fallacy of these analysis: Everybody quote DOWNLOAD speed, when running a server, UPLOAD speed is just as important.

 

[USAFRet]

Ok so a big part of this is I don't think that there is an actual decrease in network speed, I believe that my family just thinks that there is. I know that I have a Netgear router, but I am not physically there right now, so I can't give any specifics besides the fact that we have around a 200mbps allowance, sorry.

Blind test for you and them.
Turn it on and off, and don't tell them which is when.

Can they tell an actual difference?