I have DSL and I'm sharing this line with one other computer that's
networked in my home. Now, because of this the net is slower,
especially downloads. Is there any way to make things move faster.

Switch to cable.  I had DSL for a year, but switched to cable a few
months ago.  It is much faster, more robust, and easier to install and
maintain.  Plus, it works seamlessly with a wireless LAN, and there is
no noticeable speed decrease even when everyone is online.

Hi strezlawton3-ga,

  Theoretically nothing much could be done if both the computers
access internet and this slows down the connection. A caching
proxy such as "squid" could help speedup the connection-you need
a configure a linux gateway for the same.  The other thing that
could help is if you could enable rate control on your uplinks!
(yes I am not mistaken), this should prevent reduction of download
speed due to using up all of your uplink bandwidth.  You could
use a opensource product such as: m0n0wall for the same(http://www.m0n0.ch/wall/)

    PS: As per the above situation, you need two computers
one to run m0n0wall and one to run the squid proxy(unless you could
handle installation of squid on the BSD based m0n0wall). You could
also configure the linux box to have rate limiting, but that could be
tedious, if you try to do it directly with iptables(builtin kernel routing).

Hope this helps

Regards
ldavinci-ga

Are the two computers just hooked up to the DSL modem via a Hub, or do
you have a router to share the connection.

You have to remember that your DSL has a Maximum upload and download
speed that is set by your ISP. Having two computers share this will
naturally make things a little slower, but only when both computers
are using the connection at the same time.

You may want to consider investigating what your two computers are
doing with all of your bandwidth. If you are using file share programs
- other could be connecting to your computer and retrieving files,
similarily, if you have had any of the latest round of
exploits/viruses hit your machine, you could have an FTP server
running on your machine that others are using.

If you don't have a router/firewall, I would certainly recommend
getting one. Then all you have to do is see what your computers are
doing and that should help you find why your connection is slower.

I have 3 PC's with a DSL connection and they are not impeaded by
eachother.   I user a Belink wireless router.  Please define all
hardware.

Hi strezlawton3,

If the DSL is connected to a modem that is attached to a computer
consider buying a DSL Modem/Router. If one machine is connected to the
DSL modem and acts as a proxy for the other machine then this can
cause a big problem.

Also if you have a router consider checking the internet protocol
configuration of the two computers. Consider turning on DHCP for the
two networked computers.

Need a DSL router or want to learn more? see http://www.linksys.com

Tommie

thanks for all your help.