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Router with ISDN?

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  • 17-01-2003 8:06pm
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    Dcully
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 14,713 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Ive heard a router could speed up my isdn.
    First off what exactly is a router and how could it improve things?
    Sorry for my ignorance!


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    Meh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,295 ✭✭✭Meh


    Originally posted by Dcully
    what exactly is a router
    Basically, it's a specialised computer that routes data between networks. http://www.howstuffworks.com/router.htm
    and how could it improve things?
    It wouldn't improve your speed at all. In fact, it would slow down your connection by a few milliseconds, due to the extra latency it introduces. It would allow you to share your ISDN connection between multiple computers though.


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    Grayarea
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    I went from the Eircom modem that you can buy when getting ISDN installed to a Cisco 1603 and the result was very good.

    My ping time dropped by 40MS on averge and my download max speed improved to about 7k per second from 5k on the modem.

    Why?

    Well any ISDN modem is really a very small and basic router. When you put in a decent one you get a speed increase because the ISDN modems are cheap(low spec).

    Later,

    Grayarea.


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    jameskeane
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    I have ... eventually got my cisco 803 ISDN router working with UTVINTERNET .. the results are great. With a router you are isolating the 'communication' process from the PC. I play a lot (way too much) online games and it is very good for your ping times !! The latency is REDUCED by introducing a router, equate it to using a bad internal adapter/modem and using an excellent fast external adapter.


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