Need help about routers.

Enshirou · 23 Oct 2012 at 02:39

I'm sure there are a lot more of you guys that are more knowledgeable about routers than me.

So I live with a roommate of mine and while I'm connected via ethernet he's connected via wireless. When I'm gaming I tend to have a steady latency between 30-50msec unless ofcourse I leave utorrent open and downloading stuff which never happens.

Over the last few weeks I've found that whenever my roommate is at home my latency constantly spikes up to anywhere between 300-700msec and yeah I lag like crazy.

Long story short I'm currently using a Thomson TG585 v7 (0808TF333) which BE gave me but is there a router out there which can to some extent limit/cap the bandwidth my roommate uses?

tigerstyle · 23 Oct 2012 at 02:47

yes, A router with QOS settings. Most decent ones have this.

andymac1966 · 23 Oct 2012 at 10:03

As Tigerstyle says, you need a router with QoS. I'm using an Asus RT-N66U, and this has it.

Andy

bledd · 23 Oct 2012 at 11:41

Ask him to stop uploading/downloading. Probably has something like utorrnet uploading with no cap on the upload speed.

Have you asked him? Easier to sort the problem directly instead of trying to block him

Enshirou · 25 Oct 2012 at 16:21

Infact I have spoken to him on multiple occasions about this issue and him being the cause of it but to no avail. It just keeps happening over and over again.

I don't want to be a jerk and just block him, I'm fine with him using the net and whatnot but this issue I'm facing is just getting on my nerves.

What kind of router would you guys recommend I should get? I don't mind the router being alittle bit expensive.

GodAtum · 25 Oct 2012 at 16:28

I have the a similar issue. I have an Asus N66, how do I actually set up QOS to limit iPlayer on one machine but not on another?