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zcg4755
Aspirant
Jan 26, 2023

Gaming Lag

I believe my wife's streaming habits are hogging up all of our bandwidth.  What can I do?  I've modified congestion control, updated bandwidth allocation, and checked traffic prioritization.  What am...
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zcg4755
Aspirant
Jan 26, 2023
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    Netduma-Liam
    NetDuma Partner
    Jan 27, 2023

    Is the device your wife is streaming from connected to the XR router, or is it connected to the upstream router?

     

    It needs to be connect to the XR in order for QoS to be able to prioritise your games over that traffic.

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      zcg4755
      Aspirant
      Jan 27, 2023
      The PS4 is connected to the XR router through wi-fi (2.4 GHz). The PS5 is hardwired to the router. They are both connected to the XR.
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        Netduma-Liam
        NetDuma Partner
        Jan 27, 2023

        So the streaming is taking place on the PS4?

         

        Can you disable the DumaOS classified games rule, then add a new rule for your PS5 and select 'games console' as the service. See how it feels after that.