Originally Posted by robb
If I'm not mistaken cable connections do share upstream and downstream so one does affect the other, but the most it should take away is 256K.
The best is advice is to go get the thing from someplace with a 30-day return policy and check it out. No one will be able to tell you what to expect but you.
Also, when your friedns download from you, are they using the same PC that you're seeing slowdowns on, or do you see a performance hit housewide? What kind of router do you have? I sometimes wonder if old routers can handle all that continuous traffic and still serve all the nodes effectively?
I may have to wait on my cable company to upgrade the upstream before purchasing a Slingbox.
I run a server on my network and that's what they are downloading from. It's not the PC that's slowing down, it's the Internet speeds.
I've got the Linksys WRT54G (I like this router more than I thought I would). The performance hits are definately the Internet speeds. My LAN runs through a Cisco catalyst at 100 meg (all wired connections).