R7000 - multiple PCs bandwidth 'hog'

[StaticFX]

Is there a way to stop one PC from hogging all the bandwidth? My son, when he downloads something, kills the speed/performance for my pc (and my wifes iPad)... I have Killer Network Manager on my pc and that helps to not hog when I download, but he doesnt.

Is there something that can be done?
Thanks!

 

[sfx2000]

Not a lot of info - but the answer is perhaps counter-intuitive - give him more bandwidth so he gets what he needs and gets off the network...

and perhaps a cat5 cable since the wife's iPad is suffering, you didn't mention what you have on your PC when the kid beats up the network...

 

[StaticFX]

? give him more bandwidth?
we are both plugged directly to the router. both gigabit lines... he sucks all 30gb bandwith lol

 

[sfx2000]

See - you didn't mention that earlier, lol...

Since you're both cabled up... you could jump into the QoS/Traffic shaping menus and depreciate his MAC address... or do like I did some years back, and drop a 10-mbit hub (not switch) between his PC and the router... which is inverse of my earlier statement (on WiFi, give as much as you can, on the wire... there one can slow things down a bit)

 

[StaticFX]

ok. speak to me as if I am a router noob... because I am lol
I know of the QoS section, and I have it enable for video services (like Netflix etc) - how can I do the reverse?

and.. how do you increase the bandwidth for the Wifi!?? this sounds like a good thing! lol

 

[Nullity]

See - you didn't mention that earlier, lol...

Since you're both cabled up... you could jump into the QoS/Traffic shaping menus and depreciate his MAC address... or do like I did some years back, and drop a 10-mbit hub (not switch) between his PC and the router... which is inverse of my earlier statement (on WiFi, give as much as you can, on the wire... there one can slow things down a bit)

Heh, clever.

If the R7000 supports robocfg (and ssh access), you could do the same thing with "robocfg port <port#> media 10FD", or something similar... maybe?

 

[NETGEAR Guy]

A specific QoS policy can be configured:

http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/d...-device-that-is-connected-to-a-lan-port-on-my

 

[StaticFX]

wait... the Upstream is what kills it????

 

[Nullity]

wait... the Upstream is what kills it????

Kills what?

Forget about individually separating traffic types, and focus on prioritizing the vital services/traffic (voip, gaming, maybe dns, etc).

 

[StaticFX]

kills the bandwidth.. I thought downstream (download?) was what killed the performance...no?
Would love to set it up so CS:GO and League of Legends get priority? possible?

FYI. 30 down, 5 up