machine 1) dell 1.8 ghz pent.4, 512 ram, intel 10/100 pro2,
machine 2) built 1 ghz celeron, 256 ram, netgear NIC
machine 3) (the kids) 300 mgz pent.2, 196 ram, linksys NIC
all running xp home
thru linksys 2 port router with 768 dsl service

in the little reading i did after posting, should i be running 2 NIC's per machine, 1 network, 1 internet? i probably getting ahead of myself. the main reason for this post is a marked loss of download speed with all 3 machines onine at the same time (this aint T1) i do expect some of that, however, when i only had 2 on the network, i could run a "speed test" @ dslreports and still manage 642 up and 327 dn., with the current configuration and all 3 machines online, my dnload is the same as my upload.