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To: bluejeans who wrote (302)	2/27/1998 11:50:00 AM
From: Spots	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Dirk is right in the worst case, which occurs if all of your networked computers are attempting to use the full bandwidth of the connection simultaneously, (such as all downloading files). However, the keyword is simultaneously. This would be unusual. I run 6 PCs through 1 frame relay connection (identical to a modem as far as TCP/IP is concerned) and all 6 see the full bandwidth unless something is actually active on another one. If you look at traffic patterns, that's fairly rare. Same comment about running multiple browser windows. In general you will not impede the performance of any given window unless you are actively using the bandwidth somewhere else at the moment; just having the window open won't do it by itself. For instance, if you have streaming quotes, that requires some constant level of bandwidth. If you then start a simultaneous file download, they will degrade each other. It doesn't matter if the browsers are on the same or separate networked PCs. When I say it doesn't matter, it's possible that the network traffic among your networked PCs can degrade performance if you have an inefficient network card or a very slow processor. Neither of these are very likely with a 10 megabit lan and a 486 or faster cpu. 100 megabits is another story--some of these cards, especially older ones, can eat a slower Pentium alive.