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 I doing wrong?
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.
I had a special rule created for the PS5, prior to last night, but it didn't seem to make any difference. The network snapshot photo was taken a few minutes prior to the traffic priority photo. I removed the rule to see if leaving the default options checked made any difference - it didn't.
I wish there was a way to limit bandwidth being allocated to the PS4. Is that a thing?
You'll need to disable DumaOS Classified Games, it's quite possibly prioritizing the PS4 which is why setting Congestion Control isn't having much of an affect on it, then add your PS5 with the Games Console rule. If that doesn't work then you could limit it but it would limit other devices as well.
What is the model of the modem/router the XR is connected to? Are ALL devices connected to the XR? Do you have Congestion Control set to Always or Auto Enable?
All devices are connected to the router. Prior to yesterday, I had Congestion Control set to always. Last night, I switched it to auto-enable - just to see if it made any difference. Which option is more preferable in my situation? Thanks.
I would say use Always for the moment. You can try limiting by setting Bandwidth Allocation for the PS4 to a set bandwidth, leave all other devices as the defaults/equal, then disable Share Excess in the Bandwidth Allocation menu for Download and see if that works better. Every device will then be limited to their allocation so if you need more/less you'll have to adjust their allocation individually.
How do you limit bandwidth allocation for a particular device? I've only been able to figure out how to do it by application, which I think is part of the problem. I wonder if it thinks the PS4 is a gaming device - I tried changing it's function under Device Manager, but that didn't alter it's bandwidth allocation.
Where can I find the Share Excess option? Do I click the menu button next to "Bandwidth Allocation - Download"? I'm not at home right now; I apologize for my ignorance.
So drag down the percentages for the device, you can switch at the top of the Bandwidth Allocation panel between Applications & Devices, so select Devices and then allocate. So the menu looks like this: ≡ click that and you can disable Share Excess from there. No worries, that's what we're here for!
