I am (like many others) working from home, and a lot of my work requires a lot of bandwidth. However I have children in the house who like using the internet on multiple devices at once, which slows our internet to a crawl.
Is there a way to set up bandwidth priority on our wifi so I get the bulk of the speed?
Depends on which router you have. You haven't stated which!
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Hey I have the new EE router. (The white one) is it possible the set a bandwidth priority. I have an xbox that's keeps lagging. We have 180 down and 40 up.
@Landon : There is no QoS or Bandwidth Control on EE's latest Smart routers. There was on the old Brightboxes.
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To phone EE CS: Dial Freephone +44 800 079 8586 - Option 1 for Mobile Phone & Mobile Broadband or Option 2 for Home Broadband & Home Phone
ISPs: 1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up > 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB > 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB > 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU > 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU > 2011: Orange 20 Meg WBC > 2014: EE 20 Meg WBC > 2020: EE 40 Meg FTTC > 2022:EE 80 Meg FTTC SoGEA > 2025 EE 150 Meg FTTP
Turns out the router I have prioritises the first device that has a heavy bandwidth usage. I queued a download on my xbox and restarted the router it instantly had a faster speed than before and it stopped lagging. Hopes this helps anyone else who had a similar situation it worked for me.
@Landon It does not really help anyone else on the network though, all you have done is kicked them off, or stopped other devices sending/receiving traffic.
