I manage my home network; one of the things I have to do is separate the gamers (twins) from the worker (wife)! The reason for the separation has to because the gamers can chew up a lot of bandwidth. The worker doesn’t use as much bandwidth as the gamers do, but her traffic is more time-sensitive. You see., when you are connected to a verified system, some checks and balances have to happen. Are you trying to put information into the system, and are you authorized to do that? Most of you are familiar with an authorization system, you type in your password, and you use the site you are connecting. Not all sites have passwords before you use them.
But some do, some go one step further, beyond connecting to the site, or the organization, they ask you to connect first via a VPN connection. VPN or Virtual Private Network changes the status of your connection to an organization. You are on the actual extended network of the company or organization that you VPN into. Then you connect to the company directory system, and you are authorized to use the resources. But, that connection is timed. It isn’t connected once (as many web sites) there is a period of authorization. The example would be a banking website. When you connect, you are only connected for a specific period; once you are inactive, the system logs you out.
Like most homes, we have three types of network connections in our house. The first is the ethernet. The cable that normally plugs into the back of your router. The other is Wifi. In our house, we have a 2nd wifi segment that is set aside for my wife. That way, she never has an issue. I moved the twins over to ethernet by running cables to the switchback in the basement. That way, my wife has the bandwidth she needs without the twins have an issue while gaming. Having three segments also allows for faster troubleshooting when one of the users tells me their computer can’t connect to the internet. I check the connection between their segment and the internet.
I realize this is probably overkill for most people, but it is important to make work at home easier for my wife when she can!
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Do you ever think your internet connection is slow?
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Yes
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do you troubleshoot connections in your house?
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“Like most homes”?? Not my home. I’m not sure my sons even considered it. But I don’t complain. I’m thankful they pay for the Internet service so I can work on my laptop. I just put up with the slow loading.
I was trying to stay generic, so as to maximize the audience. You are right I should have been that broad and sweeping.
You’ve made us a little more wiser. When we have IT or connection issues we can just call on Doc!
happy to help I’ve been doing it for 30 years.
My wifi seems to slow down for no good reason.
And it’s at night with only 1 user (Me).
I sometimes think its the service provider… or some guru hacked my password!!??
it probably isn’t your wifi –
go to speedtest.net and run the speed test when your connection is slow.
then run it sometimes when your connection seems fast.
Likely (no guarantees) it is your provider not your wifi!
Thanks for sharing the site!
I’ll do some monitoring!! 🙂
let me know what you find out, I may have a couple of things that will help!
My Internet connection is very slow because I live in a rural area. It is very sad really.
you are suffering the digital divide issue my friend.
Differences between rural areas and cities are huge.
it sadly is, where we live is the edge of a city. Beyond us in two miles, you can’t get fast internet.
I have fiber internet at home I’m happy. Very fast connection.
fiber is amazing – it also makes you ready for the next internet!
Q: DO YOU EVER THINK YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION IS SLOW?
Yes (1 votes) – 17%
No (5 votes) – 83%
Q: DO YOU TROUBLESHOOT CONNECTIONS IN YOUR HOUSE?
Yes (1 votes) – 20%
No (4 votes) – 80%
Ever since the guys came and checked the cables the Internet has been great.
sounds like you guys were suffering from a cracked or bent cable issue.
My internet is okay right now, but I have seen worse. Recently, I was thinking what’s worse – no internet or painfully slow internet.
i think today that is an interesting question. My estimation is that in 4 maybe 5 years it will not be no connection and slow connection.
But you present an interesting question for me to consider, thanks!!!
Thankfully the fiber internet here is very reliable. But I do remember the AOL days.
fiber is a good thing, it is much closer to the world of tomorrow than cable or DSL lines are!
I only have one connection and this wifi. Right now, that’s enough for me.
you don’t have gamers in your house today! they can shut down our home interest in hours!
Yes, you are right. My sister has big problems when her son is at the computer ?
i finally pushed them to a segment of the network I could control. it is frustrating but had to be done! With the addition of the two of them consuming Netflix at an ever-increasing rate I am going to have to do something else.
I only have one internet connection and it works great – I also have wi-fi and it is completely sufficient for me and my partner
if it were just my wife and I, we would be in great shape! with the twins and gaming, we are not!
That’s what I like to believe … children also have much greater needs
when I am working from home, my network consumption is higher than the twins by quite a bit.
but I work in IT most do not!
This is different for you and I understand … I only need the internet for simple and basic things
i suspect 5, or so years from now we may have a different conversation about the internet.