two networkcards internet/lan questions

[danne900]

hi. I game alot on my pc, and transfer files over my network, but when I transfer files, while playing, surfing the web etc, its slower cause of the transfer, so started looking at dual band networkcards, I already have a dual band router (ASUS RT-N56U Dual-Band 11n Router) and Im looking at a (TP-LINK TL-WDN4800 11n Wireless Adapter)  from the info for the networkcard: "Dual Band is the latest wireless technology allowing the adapter to connect with a 2.4GHz or 5GHz network. This allows you to check e-mail and browse the Internet using the 2.4GHz band or stream HD movies and other media on the 5GHz band. " 

I understand that I set up the router, and card for 5GHz, but how do I get the lan on that, and normal internet on my other ethernetcard? or how I totally missunderstood how it works? god I hate networks lol

 

 

[AMICLG]

Your maxing out Wi-Fi on the router, the only real fix is to run an Ethernet cable.

[danne900]

well, atm, I have my gaming pc, htpc, WD my cloud, connected to the router, via ethernet cable, nothing is running on wireless atm, that why I think the issue for the lag when transfering files/gaming is having everything on the same ethernetcard, in my gaming pc, so getting a wi-fi card and running it on 5Ghz, whould not make it better?

[SnafuPossum]

You can only get one or the other, you cant easily setup where the transfer things through the eithernet cable while surfing the net using the wifi card? if your gaming pc has a gigabit nic, I doubt you are saturating the line with just simply transferring files unless you are uploading to something online which will be much easier to saturate and cause latency.

[danne900]

You can only get one or the other, you cant easily setup where the transfer things through the eithernet cable while surfing the net using the wifi card? if your gaming pc has a gigabit nic, I doubt you are saturating the line with just simply transferring files unless you are uploading to something online which will be much easier to saturate and cause latency.

hmm thats what I thougt, yeah atm Im using a gigabit card/router, all wired, not using wireless at all atm. but gets slow as hell if im surfing/transfering files at the same time, on both the surfing an transfer, if I do those things at the same time, both speeds drop to more or less nothing, no idea why, I should atleast be able to surf, without transfering speeds dropping to like 100k/s, thats how bad it is, was hoping there would be a way around it:)

[SnafuPossum]

is it just gaming on the pc or surfing the net on the pc that degrades the transfer speed or is it anything you use on the lan can bring it down? it almost sounds like your nic is set at halfduplex at a slower bandwidth setting, what kind of motherboard do you have?

[danne900]

is it just gaming on the pc or surfing the net on the pc that degrades the transfer speed or is it anything you use on the lan can bring it down? it almost sounds like your nic is set at halfduplex at a slower bandwidth setting, what kind of motherboard do you have?

Well, I both surf/game on the same pc, then I have my htpc connected to the same router, but no real internet activity on that one, ita a gigabyte gaming 3 motherboard