we have a netgear wireless router and a 2mb tiscali internet connection (soon to be 8mb). i want to know if i can limit it so the 4 computers at home never each use more than 1/4 of the bandwidth at a time?? when browsing the internet, all 4 computers work fine but if someone starts downloading a large file, they will have a download rate of 100kb/s, for example, and then all the other computers internet runs too slow to use.
the same thing happens if someone is playing a game online.
any ideas what i can do to make each computer use the bandwidth equally.
2007-01-01 07:46:04 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Sorry but that's not possible with a SOHO class router.
2007-01-01 07:47:58 · answer #1 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry No. Most residential routers do not have this type of function. This is a normal function of how broadband works. The more people using a line slows it down, and the more data intesive an operation, like downloading a file, streaming music or playing a game online, the slower it will be for everyone.
2007-01-01 09:25:36 · answer #2 · answered by Taba 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
windows XP has a protocol called QOS leave that installed will help... But it makes more sense to leave the download rates alone since getting data faster will allow to get things done ASAP instead of throttling it can cause problems with PING and network slowing down... Most of the problems come from having slow upload speeds from the ISP. Usually Cable is now an 8mbps download and 256k upload once the upload is is maxed at 30kb sec at a 256k upload thats where problems like slowing down on other computers begin. some of the file sharing programs will allow you to throttle uploads at your preference to prevent this.
2007-01-01 22:28:54 · answer #3 · answered by James S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-06 07:21:18 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-01 20:36:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋