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PS5 download taking all the bandwidth. How do I limit download speed?
I have a Nighthawk MK83 system. The PS5 is hardwired/ethernet to a multi ethernet splitter up on the third floor. That ethernet is being run from the main router on the bottom floor to the third floor splitter. I also have a satellite on the 3rd floor but faster to plug in. When my son downloads games it takes all the bandwidth and no other device can use the internet. Didn't use to be like this. I get 400MBS download speed via Spectrum cable. Can I throttle the Ps5 download speed on a hardwire connection. Or should we switch the PS5 to wireless (mesh satellite) and be able to throttle it then? Appreciate the help!
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Cwolf wrote:
I get 400MBS download speed via Spectrum cable. Can I throttle the Ps5 download speed on a hardwire connection.
With that Internet speed you shouldn't need go throttle anything.
I'm afraid I can't follow all those switch connections – diagrams are a great help – so it might help to start by explaining a bit more about your network.
Start with telling people what modem/router/ONT sits between the MK80 and the Internet.
There is the Spectrum Cable modem (Model ET 2251)Technicolor DOCSIS 3.1 modem with a Broadcom chipset and 2.5G Ethernet port to the Nighthawk base wireless router. Then you have ethernet coming out of the Nighthawk router to a Cat 5 (house is wired for connectivity) that runs up the wall to the third floor. Then a multi ethernet splitter plugged into that Cat 5 and the PS5 directly plugged into that splitter. Hope that helps.
Be sure your using a good quality LAN cable between the modem and router and rest of house. CAT6 is recommended.
CAT5 only officially supports 100Mpbs. This would not be good for best performances and operation.
What brand and model is this "multi ethernet splitter" thats in the mix?
