How to throttle my guest network

[DonnyB]

I just replaced an old router in our church. The old router had a setting that I could control the guest network so it had smaller bandwidth. This is helpful to us because we live stream and don't need to compete
with people using wifi. I know I could change the password and not allow people on the wifi, but rather wanted a way to throttle the guest network. Is there a way to do that?

 

[OzarkEdge]

I just replaced an old router in our church. The old router had a setting that I could control the guest network so it had smaller bandwidth. This is helpful to us because we live stream and don't need to compete
with people using wifi. I know I could change the password and not allow people on the wifi, but rather wanted a way to throttle the guest network. Is there a way to do that?

Guest WLANs on an Asus router allow you to limit download and upload bandwidth:

I'd look for a similar QoS function on your router.

OE

 

[DonnyB]

It looks like I have a QOS section, but it can control devices on the network, but not the guest network.

EDIT: I have another thought, would this work? I have a static IP Modem. My new router is connected to the modem. Could I connect the old router to the modem in addition to the new one. I could set it as AP mode, since it does have bw control at the guest network level.
Just an aside - the old, slow router has bw control for the guest network. The shiny new router doesn't have that option.

 

[degrub]

if the modem has enough ports, yes. Otherwise, plug the old router into a lan port on the existing router. use the old router's QOS to limit bandwidth. you might even be able to force the lan port to 100mbit or even 10mbit rate.

 

[DonnyB]

OzarkEdge, what model of Asus router did your screenshot come from? I looked at a few Asus routers and none had the feature you describe.

 

[L&LD]

RT-AC68U, RT-AC66U_B1, RT-AX58U, RT-AC-86U, RT-AX88U, RT-AX86U all have those options running RMerlin 386.1 Beta 'x'.