On Friday 13 March 2009 20:47, Rony wrote:
jtd wrote:
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 The router too has been replaced by MTNL.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.
So you have only one box actually talking to the ADSL.
Yes.
Will a hardware router help in my case? I will also try out openDNS as suggested by others.
A "proper" router costs 30K ++++. And does less than a linux box with a few extra packages. DNS is just one of the problems. Running a caching dns will solve the intermittent zero access problems. It still wont help the speed problem without a block list for the doze boxes.