Can i limit a computers internet usage?

[Chaicho]

Ok so i normally play on my pc and my brother starts watching movies on his laptop and i get a ton of lag and i was wondering if it was possible to limit the download speed on his so the movies would still load without buffering and i could plat without lag. Thankss

[knightslugger]

yes, generally found in the router's QoS (quality of Service) settings.

[BabyPandaaa]

You should be able to enable QoS on your router, so you proportionally share the bandwidth.

 

What router have you got?

[Chaicho]

3 minutes ago, knightslugger said:

yes, generally found in the router's QoS (quality of Service) settings.

How do i do this ?

[BabyPandaaa]

Just now, Chaicho said:

How do i do this ?

Find your default gateway, and then login to the access page. Login details are normally on the bottom of your router on a little sticker.

 

To get your default gateway, do the following:

• Win + R
• Type CMD then press OK
• In the black box that appears, type in ipconfig | findstr /i "default gateway" and press enter
• Browse to the IP address shown after Default Gateway . . . . . . . :

[knightslugger]

4 minutes ago, Chaicho said:

How do i do this ?

Follow the instructions found in your appliance's owners manual. Not all routers are the same, and some do not have the feature at all.

[Bit8xPr0]

16 minutes ago, Chaicho said:

Ok so i normally play on my pc and my brother starts watching movies on his laptop and i get a ton of lag and i was wondering if it was possible to limit the download speed on his so the movies would still load without buffering and i could plat without lag. Thankss

If you can't figure out the router method, there's always an application called NetLimiter you can download. Used it to limit upload speed when uploading to YouTube so it didn't throttle my games and stuff.

[Lolucoca]

Use NetLimiter 4. There's a trial version that's lasting forever.

[manikyath]

20 minutes ago, Chaicho said:

my brother

you are not in the position to make that decision

 

QoS should take care of that tho, but seemingly in the states that's still a very new concept...

[knightslugger]

But isn't that a local machine manager? Meaning he'd have to have it installed on his brother's computer to limit his brother's connections... that doesn't sound like a very good solution to me.

[Chaicho]

14 minutes ago, BabyPandaaa said:

 

 

yeah that doesnt seem very possible

[BabyPandaaa]

26 minutes ago, Chaicho said:

yeah that doesnt seem very possible

Ah does your router not support it?  

[Chaicho]

28 minutes ago, manikyath said:

QoS should take care of that tho, but seemingly in the states that's still a very new concept...

opps wrong quote  but i dont know if its possible its an Arris TG862 and have no idea how to change it, i already went on the router configs and couldnt find anything of Qos

[BabyPandaaa]

2 minutes ago, Chaicho said:

opps wrong quote  but i dont know if its possible its an Arris TG862 and have no idea how to change it, i already went on the router configs and couldnt find anything of Qos

Yeah don't think that it supports it! You'll have to get another router or get a wireless access point and disable wireless on the router, then limit speed on the new wireless access point

[Chaicho]

Just now, BabyPandaaa said:

Yeah don't think that it supports it! You'll have to get another router or get a wireless access point and disable wireless on the router, then limit speed on the new wireless access point

aww :C

[BabyPandaaa]

Just now, Chaicho said:

aww :C

Something like this will suffice: https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-LINK-TL-WA801ND-300Mbps-Wireless-Access/dp/B004UBU8IE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1470337466&sr=8-2&keywords=wireless+access+point

 

Sorry  

[Chaicho]

8 minutes ago, BabyPandaaa said:

Something like this will suffice: https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-LINK-TL-WA801ND-300Mbps-Wireless-Access/dp/B004UBU8IE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1470337466&sr=8-2&keywords=wireless+access+point

 

Sorry  

oh wth my cousin had one exactly like that but he would try to use it to make the wifi range larger, what do u want me to do with this exactly ?

[BabyPandaaa]

9 minutes ago, Chaicho said:

oh wth my cousin had one exactly like that but he would try to use it to make the wifi range larger, what do u want me to do with this exactly ?

Do the following:

• Plug the new access point into your router, and set it up to act as a wireless access point
• In the settings setup the QoS (video here):
• Plug your computer directly into your router
• Login to the admin page and disable the wireless on it
• Reconnect your devices to the new wireless access point

[Chaicho]

41 minutes ago, BabyPandaaa said:

Do the following:

• Plug the new access point into your router, and set it up to act as a wireless access point
• In the settings setup the QoS (video here):
• Plug your computer directly into your router
• Login to the admin page and disable the wireless on it
• Reconnect your devices to the new wireless access point

oh but the person im trying to limit has to be conected on this device ?

[BabyPandaaa]

11 hours ago, Chaicho said:

oh but the person im trying to limit has to be conected on this device ?

Yes. By turning the WiFi off on the router, and only enabling it on this it means that any wireless devices have to connect to it in order to get internet, hence allowing you to limit bandwidth