How Do I Not Be An E-hog?

[xZeroOnyx]

My family has this problem where when I decide to play games, they experience lag and slow connection. Even I experience problems while I'm using my phone at the computer. Is there a way to fix this? Is it because I'm using Ethernet? Is it because my plan or Charter sucks?

 

Sorry if this is a simple problem, not very experienced with internet and all that

 

On the side note, what does killer Ethernet do?

 

 

[LienusLateTips]

What's your speed? Do a speedtest at speedtest.net

[ARikozuM]

It's likely your AP. If it only has one band, you'll only be able to serve one person at a time meaning a request will need to be processed before moving to the next request.

[LienusLateTips]

Just now, ARikozuM said:

It's likely your AP. If it only has one band, you'll only be able to serve one person at a time meaning a request will need to be processed before moving to the next request.

^^^^^^ 

 

check your speed first though

[8uhbbhu8]

Yes its because you don't have enough bandwidth to support all your devices. 

 

Killer Ethernet is just a brand of controller targeted at gamers. Generally Ethernet is all the same unless you are getting into enterprise solutions. Don't be swayed by things like "10GB ethernet!" "dual Ethernet ports!" "Killer or Gaming Ethernet!" Its all blab and marketing that has no real use unless you are doing something other then gaming and/or know a good amount about networking.

[tarfeef101]

There are a few things that could be occuring, i'll list them in order of likelihood

• you don't have enough bandwidth to support a lot of stuff at once, so when you're gaming, there just isn't enough left to service everyone else
• your router cannot handle many users' concurrent requests, so it becomes slow with many users at once
• you have QoS (Quality of Service) enabled on your router for your PC, so its traffic gets prioritized over others. This is unlikely since that's something that would have to be consciously done, normally.
  • That being said, some routers will normally prioritize wired (ethernet) traffic anyways, so that could be related.
• Your family is trying to access the same ports as you (ports are kinda like lanes on a road) when you game, so you have to wait or each other's traffic to clear before the next user can do so. but this is VERY unlikely.

 

As for the question about killer ethernet, they are simply a company that makes ethernet jacks/drivers. Intel is another company that does. Killer often markets to gamers by claiming that they will prioritize packets from your PC that are gaming-related over others from background processes, etc. Most ppl agree it doesn't really help, and some claim worse performance than Intel NICs and such. I wouldn't really pay much attention to it.

[xZeroOnyx]

8 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

It's likely your AP. If it only has one band, you'll only be able to serve one person at a time meaning a request will need to be processed before moving to the next request.

Er, what's an AP exactly? I understand it's an access point...So is that my router or...?

 

10 minutes ago, JDE said:

What's your speed? Do a speedtest at speedtest.net

I've done multiple, and it's usually 11-16 ping with 60 down 5 up

[8uhbbhu8]

what are you running in terms of a router?

[ARikozuM]

1 minute ago, xZeroOnyx said:

Er, what's an AP exactly? I understand it's an access point...So is that my router or...?

It's whatever is giving your family wireless access to the internet. Do you know what AP you're using? Is it single-, dual-, or tri-band? Is it using b/g/n/ac 803.11? 

[xZeroOnyx]

4 minutes ago, 8uhbbhu8 said:

what are you running in terms of a router?

 

4 minutes ago, 8uhbbhu8 said:

what are you running in terms of a router?

It's an Asus dual-band 802.11ac specifically the Asus RT-AC52U

[8uhbbhu8]

10 minutes ago, xZeroOnyx said:

 

It's an Asus dual-band 802.11ac specifically the Asus RT-AC52U

I think it is just that you have too many people on the network at the same time. It COULD also be that they are eating up your 5MB upload and having the download not hit as hard. I'd say go into the settings and set up a bandwidth cap for each Ethernet port and WiFi connection. Since it is a relatively high end device it should be possible. Also you should be able to get it to prioritize Ethernet connections over wireless.

[8uhbbhu8]

yep you can!

[LienusLateTips]

21 minutes ago, xZeroOnyx said:

Er, what's an AP exactly? I understand it's an access point...So is that my router or...?

 

I've done multiple, and it's usually 11-16 ping with 60 down 5 up

I think it's the access point that's slowing you down.