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Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy
Well, the 100 mbps is download speed (upload may be different) always measured by the modem hardware, and can be limited by home network devices or broadband useage on your network branch. Device speeds really depends on the quality of the devices in your network, and the load/size of the broad band network to which you are connected. My network design is Modem -> router -> switch -> wired devices with 1 wireless device, (wired to ceiling wireless access point) and 7 wired devices. The switch is a gigabyte switch, so that is not the bottleneck. The nat router is high speed, with two ports, with 1 port directly to streaming hard wired television, and the other to the switch for all the other devices. Wife and I worked on our laptops with streaming TV on during the day, and never have had speed problems (I push alot of data around back and forth). At night with everyone on the TV streaming, occasional buffering issues which is the broadband network branch usage with spectrum in Marsh bend.
With the current network up north, the additional of the entire city school system on video on the network, last 5 months, only 1 day did we have work connection issues, and that was on the spectrum end. . . not ours. However, talk to the neighbors on our branch, and they are always having drop issues, due to their home network design, not the broad band network.
normally, there are always issues with networks which are complex, but always best to have quality home network components, and wired wherever possible.
sportsguy
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I only understood some of that (I'm a software and component PC person, not much of a network person). But my network is just xfinity with my own Netgear modem and router. My desktop computer is plugged directly into the modem. Our TV (which has a Roku stick) is in another room, the laptop is on a desk on the other side of my office. We have two cell phones (which are set to wifi when we're home since we don't have unlimited data on our cell plan), I have a tablet in the bedroom that I use for news, the weather, alarm clock, and e-book, and I have a wireless printer in another part of my office that all devices except for the TV have access to. My sister also has access to the printer remotely from Connecticut.
With all those things running on a fairly low-end high-ish speed Netgear modem and router, we have only very rare hiccups on the TV. Other than that, we can do everything we need, and I can watch movies on my desktop (I have a 26" monitor and wireless in-ear headset).