[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by Cybersprings

I am not a networking expert nor have I ever played one on TV. But I have set up some networks. Apparently it does take some expertise to understand a LAN or you would not have posted the following. That statement indicates you don't know the difference between a WAN and a LAN or you are trying to intentionally mislead people. The comment about contracting to NSA seems like a veiled attempt to provide your own credentials but may in fact indicate why you made the post below.

Actually, as someone who has played a networking expert on TV, that statement made quite a bit of sense.

Perhaps your confusion is related to the way you intend to make use of your network and bandwidth. (This is related to my question which you have discounted/ignored twice) If the intent is to do high volume downloads to multiple devices then the pipe to the street (the WAN) had better be larger than the sum of the pipes in the house (the LAN) or there will be problems. On the other hand, if the intent is to do high volume transfers within the home (LAN) but not out to the internet (WAN) then the pipe to the street doesn't need to be that large.

So the question remains: What things might a homeowner plan to do that would require the high bandwidth? The answer to that will drive how much pipe to the street is needed and how big the pipes in the house need to be.