On Thursday 12 March 2009 21:00, Rony wrote:
Hello,
I am curious to know how many client machines can the MTNL triband routers practically support in a LAN in order to give decent internet connectivity to all?
There is a LAN network where there are around 7 machines using static ips (not LInux) and the triband router is the gateway machine also attached to the LAN. When connected directly to a machine the internet connectivity is good but when all machines are up internet takes a long time to resolve and speeds are in bursts. When it keeps searching for the web page or there is no connectivity, one cannot even log into the router. Pinging the router is fine. The router too has been replaced by MTNL. The entire setup is spread across 4 floors. Initially the LAN wiring was suspected but the crimping of the router cable was done again and otherwise, internal file sharing works perfectly.
I have 25+ machines on a 256k adsl. It has about the same performance as a good dialup (or cdma). Of course a linux dns + proxy + firewall sits in between. The dlink adsl just forwards a few ports. working very well or several years.
I am suspecting that the router gets overloaded trying to NAT so many requests, given its tiny architecture. Should I install a separate router to this LAN? Are the separate routers designed to handle large NAT traffic? I want to avoid holding up one machine for internet sharing.
More likely doze boxes pissing packets all over the net.
With my above setup, i get about 35% blocked traffic. Also since large number of sites are blocked, the doze boxes are prevented form harvesting their usual payloads. eg. av and firewall packages which are uninstalled but leave all sorts of payloads intact.