I'm a novice when it comes to home networking, so this may be a dumb question. If I hook up a Slingbox directly to my router using CAT5 and then hook up my laptop to the router using CAT5, am I still limited by my ISP's bandwith?
jsh, assuming your home router is also a switch, you'll be limited by the transmission throughput of the switch. For most IP transmissions, a 100Mbps home switch can pump a lot of pixels! But if you go out to a wireless access point, the bitrate will be limited by the speed of the AP and distance from it. Over the Internet itself (away from home), you'll be limited by the ISP bandwidth you buy.
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I'm a novice when it comes to home networking, so this may be a dumb question. If I hook up a Slingbox directly to my router using CAT5 and then hook up my laptop to the router using CAT5, am I still limited by my ISP's bandwith?
jsh, assuming your home router is also a switch, you'll be limited by the transmission throughput of the switch. For most IP transmissions, a 100Mbps home switch can pump a lot of pixels! But if you go out to a wireless access point, the bitrate will be limited by the speed of the AP and distance from it. Over the Internet itself (away from home), you'll be limited by the ISP bandwidth you buy.