Here's a list of all my devices that have to do with networking:
Desktop: Gigabit network card
Second Desktop: Megabit Network Card
Laptop: Megabit Network Card
Modem: Stock one given by Road Runner, Manufacturer = webstar
Router: Netgear 300N
Switch: Trednet http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833156251&cm_re=Trendnet_Switch-_-33-156-251-_-Product
So I'm getting 7 mb/s from Time warner cable, and I'm aware of the amount of bottlenecking that my hardware does.
So while I'm playing a game, Heroes of Newerth for instance, my latency is god-awful, until I unplug the 2nd desktop from the switch, then it plummets down to 70 ms. In addition to that whenever I'm uploading, or downloading the second device my latency on the first desktop is terrible in games and internet surfing. I thought the point of the a switch was to allow internet access to both computers, independent from each other, unable to effect each other, due to the hardware implementation inside a switch. So, why am I experiencing this? Or am I completely wrong in assuming this.
Thanks!
Edit, all the cables are either CATA 5E or 6
Desktop: Gigabit network card
Second Desktop: Megabit Network Card
Laptop: Megabit Network Card
Modem: Stock one given by Road Runner, Manufacturer = webstar
Router: Netgear 300N
Switch: Trednet http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833156251&cm_re=Trendnet_Switch-_-33-156-251-_-Product
So I'm getting 7 mb/s from Time warner cable, and I'm aware of the amount of bottlenecking that my hardware does.
So while I'm playing a game, Heroes of Newerth for instance, my latency is god-awful, until I unplug the 2nd desktop from the switch, then it plummets down to 70 ms. In addition to that whenever I'm uploading, or downloading the second device my latency on the first desktop is terrible in games and internet surfing. I thought the point of the a switch was to allow internet access to both computers, independent from each other, unable to effect each other, due to the hardware implementation inside a switch. So, why am I experiencing this? Or am I completely wrong in assuming this.
Thanks!
Edit, all the cables are either CATA 5E or 6