Which thing is this??

[1_thing]

So my internet is crap!! We almost bricked the router when 4 of us were using it!

 

and I want to hold a 24 hour LAN party with around 20 people!! What is it I need to buy for a good internal connection so we can all lan happily to each other?? 

 

Is it an access point?? I have no idea!

 

Thanks in advance

 

thing

[TechFnatic]

3 minutes ago, 1_thing said:

So my internet is crap!! We almost bricked the router when 4 of us were using it!

 

and I want to hold a 24 hour LAN party with around 20 people!! What is it I need to buy for a good internal connection so we can all lan happily to each other?? 

 

Is it an access point?? I have no idea!

 

Thanks in advance

 

thing

You would probably want a switch so that you guys can all plug in via ethernet, that would be most efficient. Now if you were planning on doing this LAN party over the wireless network then yeah, an access point would work. Just a heads up 20 people is a lot and you should make sure you have enough bandwidth to support that so you guys don't lag your asses off.

[1_thing]

2 minutes ago, TechFnatic said:

You would probably want a switch so that you guys can all plug in via ethernet, that would be most efficient. Now if you were planning on doing this LAN party over the wireless network then yeah, an access point would work. Just a heads up 20 people is a lot and you should make sure you have enough bandwidth to support that so you guys don't lag your asses off.

Ahhh okay it's just a switch I need!! That's good! Well the problem we had was we only had 4 Ethernet ports, but whoever was on Ethernet had no lag!! But people on wifi would die!

 

thanks

 

thing

[Oshino Shinobu]

For a LAN party, the most simple and effective solution is a switch (preferably Gigabit). 

An Access Point can work if you're connecting wirelessly, but cheaper ones aren't going to handle 20+ clients very well. 

EDIT: Just a note. If it's just LAN gaming, then you don't need the router at all. Just having everyone plugged into the switch would work. 

[TechFnatic]

1 minute ago, 1_thing said:

Ahhh okay it's just a switch I need!! That's good! Well the problem we had was we only had 4 Ethernet ports, but whoever was on Ethernet had no lag!! But people on wifi would die!

 

thanks

 

thing

Yup,  switch is the way to go in your case! Have a great LAN party

[1_thing]

Just now, TechFnatic said:

Yup,  switch is the way to go in your case! Have a great LAN party

Haha thanks! 

 

Its after our exams finish so it should be great!

 

thing

[matrix07012]

11 hours ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

EDIT: Just a note. If it's just LAN gaming, then you don't need the router at all. Just having everyone plugged into the switch would work. 

Really? Isn't router the thing that gives every device on the network an IP address?

[Oshino Shinobu]

32 minutes ago, matrix07012 said:

Really? Isn't router the thing that gives every device on the network an IP address?

Strictly speaking, no. The router part of the modern router combo units (combination of router, switch, access point, DHCP Server, Firewall etc.) doesn't assign IP addresses, it just routes packets. The DHCP server is what actually gives each device an IP address from the assigned address pool. 

If you just use a switch, you can simply set each device's IP address manually. The switch uses the MAC address to identify each device that is connected, but once set up, you could use your manually set IP addresses to communicate. The router is only strictly needed to act as a gateway between your LAN and external networks, allowing multiple devices on the local network communicate with external networks via NAT. 

I'm not saying get rid of the router for the LAN party, just letting you know that the switch can handle it on its own. Once the IP addresses are set up, no data should actually be passing through the router (if the destination of the data is another PC connected to the switch).