Splitting Internet speed.

[Judg3]

Good day,

I have a problem with the internet at home;

I live with my sister and she uses the internet at night when she works at home, but the problem is she goes onto YouTube and plays music videos constantly. Now I play games (or at least try) and YouTube (we all know) takes up all the internet bandwidth leaving me with nothing. 

 

I tried blocking YouTube on the router config but it does not block https:// URLs unfortunately. I even tried blocking it in the  (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc) Notepad folder but still no success.

Here is some info on how were connected etc:

• I am on the Wi-Fi and my sister is connected directly into the modem with a LAN cable
• The router we use is a -  D-Link Wireless N ADSL2+ 4-Port Wi-Fi Router with 3G Failover
• I use the  -  D-Link DWA-525 Wireless N 150 PCI Desktop Adapter
• Both me and my sister use Windows 10
• The internet speed is :

  Downstream Line Rate (Kbps):	5115
  Upstream Line Rate (Kbps):	509

  
   

I want to know if there is any way I can split the internet speed between us two (I have tried with the router config but there is no option for that) or can I just block YouTube completely?

 

Any kind suggestions are welcome!

Thank you.

Judg3

[deleted_member_030719]

I used to have a similar issue with YouTube eating up a lot of my download speed, and I found that if you use Google's DNS servers on your router you'll get a better experience from YouTube/less bandwidth usage. I have real-life experience with this.

[tt2468]

1 minute ago, Jed M said:

I used to have a similar issue with YouTube eating up a lot of my download speed, and I found that if you use Google's DNS servers on your router you'll get a better experience from YouTube/less bandwidth usage. I have real-life experience with this.

Dns has nothing to do with download speed. What you experienced was a coincidence. 

[deleted_member_030719]

31 minutes ago, tt2468 said:

Dns has nothing to do with download speed. What you experienced was a coincidence. 

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[Wolfskie]

There are a few things you could do.

I don't know which d-link router you're using, but check if it has a QOS function - if it does, that might be worth checking (although, afaik, qos doesn't work that well on consumer grade routers.)

Depending on your windows version, you could set up QOS on the computer itself by making a gpo (only works with professional/education/enterprise, doesn't work with home).

Or you could try connecting your computer with a wire as well, if QOS isn't set up, i don't think there's any real prioritization aside from wired>wireless, but i could be wrong.