Hi guys
I need assistance in limiting the bandwidth used by my device. here are the details of my simple network configuration in my house.
- TIME 500Mbps
- TIME Tp-Link LAN Port 1 - connect to my Android TV (first floor of the house)
- TIME Tp-Link LAN Port 2 - connect to my Tp-link Powerline (main)
- Tp-Link Powerline 1 - used for my desktop in the study room (same floor with the main router)
- Tp-Link Powerline 2 - used for my own bedroom second floor (with reusing my old router network bridge for my room)
- devices used in my bedroom include laptops, mobile phones, and a second Android TV
My Internet on Android TV reach near maximum bandwidth (around 300+ Mbps sometimes more). And my desktop (can get the same as my Android Tv speed). However, when it comes to the Internet in my bedroom second floor, the bandwidth only around 70Mbps (max).
NOTE: when all simultaneously used at the same time.
My question, how do I limit bandwidth for my Android TV (first floor of the house) since I do not need full speed to watch Netflix/Youtube? I look at several tutorials, they suggesting use a QoS system limits the bandwidth of certain devices. But when I logged into TIME Tp-link router, and go to QoS, I was a bit clueless on how to configure it out (since in the tutorial a bit diff).
Anyone here has experience in limiting the bandwidth of certain devices for the TIME Fibre Tp-Link router? Or perhaps any advice on how to improve connectivity on my second floor?
Thanks
DAS
Since you are using powerline, then it may cause the bottleneck since it will depend on your house existing electrical wiring. Maybe you could perform speed test via ethernet cable directly from the powerline 2 in your room, to check the incoming max speed.
Btw, the stock router from time is a bit limited in terms of qos functionality, it uses traditional method to prioritize certain device over the others. If you want a per device bandwidth limiter, most of the modern asus routers do support this feature.