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throttling devices on wifi c6300v2
Hi, I have a C6300V2 router I use it to access Xfinity wifi - cheapest version rated for 50 MBs My problem is that they only provide service for 4 devices but of course when you add up Google mesh,...
dskoyles wrote:Hi, I have a C6300V2 router I use it to access Xfinity wifi - cheapest version rated for 50 MBs
My problem is that they only provide service for 4 devices but of course when you add up Google mesh, 2 phones, 2 cameras, a desktop and an ipad plus a fridge (?) it all adds up to about 14 devices.
Even so it works great most of the time, the wifi speed tests show 80 MBs download and 10+ MBs upload
BUT it does drop connection a couple of times a night when we are watching TV and takes about 5 minutes to reset.
Using Google home. I have paused the majority of devices but it still drops connection. I suspect that something is asking for a fast or spiked download and that causes it to crash?
Is it possible on this router to make rules whereby no wifi device can ask for more than 10 MBs?
Your statement does not make sense. What is your reference for this "4 devices" limitation?
Yes, it is a limitation set by Xfinity so in a sense I can't complain because I do have more than four devices. On the other hand it handles all the devices most of the time so I suspect my problem is that one of the devices spikes up its demand occasionally which is why I am looking for a way to limit all the devices.
dskoyles wrote:Yes, it is a limitation set by Xfinity so in a sense I can't complain because I do have more than four devices. On the other hand it handles all the devices most of the time so I suspect my problem is that one of the devices spikes up its demand occasionally which is why I am looking for a way to limit all the devices.
Thanks for the reply. I am just curious how Xfinity can reach through the one WAN IP address assigned to the router and to the LAN IP addresses assigned by the router DHCP to limit the connections to 4.
Its not a limitation set by xfinity. Its just whats their "recommendation" is based off that speed tier. Its how they recommend speed tiers. But if you've streaming multiple devices, a speed upgrade might be worth it versus throttling your devices to stay within the speed range you're paying for. But you might see that increase coming without having to do anything as they've been bumping up their base speed tier speeds.
now if they'd just bump my gigabit up a notch 🙂
Thanks for the replies.
I am a fairly low volume user. Two people in the house. The biggest loads might be streaming Youtube TV to just one TV, and then Facetime on an Ipad. The rest is (I think) fairly low volume like two Wyse cameras, two iphones and Google Home with a mesh and a nest thermometer.
Different Wifi speed tests (not just Xfinity) suggest a download speed of around 80 Mbps but my max load shouldn't be more than 20 Mbps.
Can the nightly interruptions be explained by one of the devices making a spike in the load? Each night we get one or two which cause all the lights to go off on the router and it resets in about five minutes
So if Xfinity aren't actually seeing and counting devices maybe my original question should be ... is their a way of stopping the total load exceeding available bandwidth however the load is caused?
Next time it happens, get a screen snip of the event logs. That helps more than just guessing if it could be that
