I run a small cafe business of up to 24 PCs with an internet connection (wired) of 8 mbit/s (or 10, I'd have to check later)
I do understand that it is not enough. Where I live, that's the maximum speed our local ISP can offer. Our city is still yet to get a fiber connection. So the option to upgrading our connection is almost nonexistent.
But our average customers could be from 8-12 at a time, it rarely reaches max capacity. The speed we have is just fine, for 90% of our customers who just do plain web browsing (Google, Facebook) and watching Youtube videos. But 10% of them, download using Internet Download Manager or Torrents, and affects everyone else
One solution I thought of is disabling windows installer so they wont install programs like these, since all computers have Deep freeze installed. But I don't know what other limitations it might lead up to or problems.
The other solution I have in mind, is the router. Its only becomes a problem is someone is downloading. I have a Linksys WRT54G2 v1 with DD-WRT installed. I don't know if my QoS settings for it is properly set up, it seems like it, but its not really balancing the load. It only takes 1 person to ruin traffic.
I was thinking of upgrading it, thinking there is a router out there that does a good job of not giving one or two PCs all the bandwidth. But, I only have little knowledge in networking so, some advice would be greatly appreciated.
I do understand that it is not enough. Where I live, that's the maximum speed our local ISP can offer. Our city is still yet to get a fiber connection. So the option to upgrading our connection is almost nonexistent.
But our average customers could be from 8-12 at a time, it rarely reaches max capacity. The speed we have is just fine, for 90% of our customers who just do plain web browsing (Google, Facebook) and watching Youtube videos. But 10% of them, download using Internet Download Manager or Torrents, and affects everyone else
One solution I thought of is disabling windows installer so they wont install programs like these, since all computers have Deep freeze installed. But I don't know what other limitations it might lead up to or problems.
The other solution I have in mind, is the router. Its only becomes a problem is someone is downloading. I have a Linksys WRT54G2 v1 with DD-WRT installed. I don't know if my QoS settings for it is properly set up, it seems like it, but its not really balancing the load. It only takes 1 person to ruin traffic.
I was thinking of upgrading it, thinking there is a router out there that does a good job of not giving one or two PCs all the bandwidth. But, I only have little knowledge in networking so, some advice would be greatly appreciated.
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