Networking at home

[Sildaan]

Ok here is what I am doing.. I have 3 PCs linked on a linksys 5 port workgroup hub.. My cable connection comes in on the hub to the uplink spot then my 3 pcs hook up to on of the 5 ports to my hub.. now my problem is when i am playing games on line every once in a while i get one of the 3 pcs to lag out or ping itself out and not respond then will recover and play normal again.. it is not always the same pc it switches.. Can anyone help here? am I doing it wrong? Am I missing something in my network? I am mainly hooking up these like this so they all share the same internet connection but I also share files back and forth and also all share the same printer? tell me a better way to do this or what I have wrong to be causing this.. Thanks

[posey]

Try using a network switch. With a hub your computers share the bandwidth be it 10 or 100. so if you have 5 computers hooked up to a 5port 10/100 hub, you are only seeing 20 Mbps to each computer. As with a switch you will see 100 Mbps at each computer.