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Not that I am complaining or anything, its just that I am overwhelmed! I have a PC and a laptop and a Netgear 5 port Fast Ethernet Switch. I connected both of my computers to the switch and started seperate downloads from them and voila! I am getting the exact speed that I pay for, for each PC and simultaneously. But why? can someone explain this phenomenon?
user331940
Posted 2014-06-10T06:31:20.330
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Do the two devices make seperate PPPoE connections?
If so then I would guess that your ISP has set a speed limit on each PPPoE connection and didn't put in place any restrictions to stop a customer making multiple PPPoE connections at once or to limit the aggregate bandwidth of multiple connections from the same customer.
plugwash
Posted 2014-06-10T06:31:20.330
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The only likely explanation of this behavior is that the bottleneck is actually from the downloads source.
Your ISP will only allow up to a certain speed (this may be more than you think) however if you was to find a source that would 'max' out your ISP speed limit then you would definitely see the speed hit on the other machine.
CharlesH
Posted 2014-06-10T06:31:20.330
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Can you give us some numbers? i.e. your line speed, and the observed download rates on each machine? – Flup – 2014-06-10T07:02:37.193
Do you have configured PPPoE client on both computers? Does your ISP allow you to do so? If not, how have you configured sharing connection? – LatinSuD – 2014-06-10T09:40:18.350