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PS3 Media Server and Internet Bandwidth
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No only network bandwidth.
No.
If you unplug your cable from your modem but leave all the PCs connected to your router you can still swap files, transcode over your network, etc.
It is all 'Internal' where visiting a web site, downloading youtube videos could be considered 'external' or hitting your Internet bandwidth.
If you unplug your cable from your modem but leave all the PCs connected to your router you can still swap files, transcode over your network, etc.
It is all 'Internal' where visiting a web site, downloading youtube videos could be considered 'external' or hitting your Internet bandwidth.
Sorry for my complete noobness but does a ISP usually set a limit (depending on your plan) for network bandwidth like they usually do with download/upload bandwidth?
Thanks for the answer!
Some providers do, some dont. Some have plans that are restricted but then plans that aren't. Usually the basic plans tend to be limited and the higher end plans aren't. When I had mediacom it was 400gigs a month for 3 months and they called you to see wtf you were doing. After upgrading to their next tier I never got a phone call regardless of bandwith usage. I think with more and more video streaming sites, there is starting to be less limitations on bandwith.
Not so with Comcast.
As the others have said, what you are talking about is done on your "internal" network and thus will not use your ISP's bandwidth.
This is not for the internal network though. Only traffic that goes out to the tubes
No, your ISP has no way of knowing what you are doing on your internal network.
However, since all traffic has to go through your internal network before it reaches the internet, your internet may appear to be slow. You will be taxing your router at this point as it is the central location for all your network traffic.
This is where a dual-band router come in handy. One band can be dedicated to internal network while the other for internet traffic, such as this: http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=681
That is where gigabit ethernet comes in handy. =) Wireless sucks.
PS3 media server is awesome in gigabit ethernet...On wireless its usable but not fun when you want to fast forward / jump ahead and backward 30 sec/1 min at a time using the PS3 thumbnail (I think it's the square button).
PS3 media server is awesome in gigabit ethernet...On wireless its usable but not fun when you want to fast forward / jump ahead and backward 30 sec/1 min at a time using the PS3 thumbnail (I think it's the square button).
No argument from me. Sometimes wireless is more convenient though.
While segmentation like this is good, the router can still get bogged down with heavy usage on both the internal and external networks.
wow, thanks for all the response guys! I really really appreciate it!!!
I just bought a new hard drive for my ps3 and im copying around 100gb worth of files onto it through ps3 media server,,,I was kinda worried because my download bandwidth limit is 100GB/month (Videotron---I live in Quebec)...
So if I get this straight, my download/upload bandwidth limit will not be affected since the copying process is done over the network. That's excellent!!!
I'll keep you guys posted.
Thanks again!
I just bought a new hard drive for my ps3 and im copying around 100gb worth of files onto it through ps3 media server,,,I was kinda worried because my download bandwidth limit is 100GB/month (Videotron---I live in Quebec)...
So if I get this straight, my download/upload bandwidth limit will not be affected since the copying process is done over the network. That's excellent!!!
I'll keep you guys posted.
Thanks again!
Correct
Yeah I guess the process would be much faster. What kind of cable would I need? A crossover ethernet cable from the laptop to PS3?
That would work; or a normal cable for your ps3 and another normal cable for the laptop, both going to the router.
connect both to the router with "normal" straight though cables, not to each other.
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Depends on what is moving to what,...
If you have a wired PC going to a wireless N client, then you can get 150-200 Mbps.
If you have 2 wireless clients transferring to each other, say a wireless laptop to a wireless PS3, then there are 4 total hops required which suck all that bandwidth up. So 70-80 Mbps (8-10 MBytes/sec)
If you are xfering from one wired PC to another wired device (PC, PS3, etc) on a gigabit switch (and its a good gigabit switch and not a cheap one) then you should be getting around 900 Mbps (110-120 MB/sec), but the bottleneck in this situation is the speed of your hard drives, most new consumer grade drives can read at between 80 and 100 MB/sec depending on how full and fragmented they are, but the kicker is that they can only write at around 60-80 MB/sec, so in most situations the write speed of the drive that is receiving is the limiting factor of the transfer.