Ipad sucking too much bandwith

[justiceknight]

Well my internet is shared among my family, I have no problem ppl using it on tablet + smartphone + laptop + desktop. My ping still hovers around 30+ regardless they downloading or not but whenever my mom uses Ipad to watch online videos, the ping jumps to 1k and sometimes d/c my internet.

Any solution to this problem?

 

[ZenZimZaliben]

Go into router and cap your Moms Ipad transfer rates. Based on Static IP or MAC.
Or some routers allow you to place weight by MAC or Static IP - So you could give yourself the highest level and her the lowest level so you always get priority.

 

[jboydgolfer]

damn Crapple products FILL the router logs with constant Server connects. I remember a old roommate of mine had some type of P.O.S apple junk, and it's activity was 80% of the router log's entries. Set that bitch to Lowest in QOS, and Priorities Your devices.

 

[remixedcat]

what router do you use? some even have auto QoS profiles for apple devices.

 

[Blue-Knight]

Ipad sucking too much bandwith

Strange, it is the kind of thing I would expect from Windows 10.

 

[justiceknight]

Go into router and cap your Moms Ipad transfer rates. Based on Static IP or MAC.
Or some routers allow you to place weight by MAC or Static IP - So you could give yourself the highest level and her the lowest level so you always get priority.

how do i do that?

damn Crapple products FILL the router logs with constant Server connects. I remember a old roommate of mine had some type of P.O.S apple junk, and it's activity was 80% of the router log's entries. Set that bitch to Lowest in QOS, and Priorities Your devices.

how do i do that?

what router do you use? some even have auto QoS profiles for apple devices.

fg7003grv(AC) wireless router

 

[remixedcat]

should prolly be in "advanced" settings or something...

 

[Mussels]

most routers dont really support the kind of functiosn these guys are talking about.

you could do something like lock your wifi speeds down to wifi G, which would slow all wifi devices but allow the rest of the internet to be used by wired devices.

 

[Dethroy]

Funnily enough android devices are making far more noise in network environments than apple devices. Be glad she is using "just" an iPad and not some android device.

 

[ShiBDiB]

Strange, it is the kind of thing I would expect from Windows 10.

Funnily enough android devices are making far more noise in network environments than apple devices. Be glad she is using "just" an iPad and not some android device.

Fuck off with the unnecessary fanboyism.

Depending on the router just set the MAC to a lower priority. If your router doesn't support that you may need to either get a new router that has the features or see if the current one has a DD-WRT for it.

 

[Mussels]

Funnily enough android devices are making far more noise in network environments than apple devices. Be glad she is using "just" an iPad and not some android device.

what noise do you mean exactly?

While i wouldn't use the harsh language above, i would love to know some facts or research behind that claim. This is a simple case of HD video streaming overloading his connection and has nothing to do with the fanboy fantasies.

 

[remixedcat]

Apple devices have bonjour and a buncha other protocoly stuff for media like airplay and stuff. That backend stuff could be overloading the network.

That is kinda like the windows media network sharing service but more intense.

 

[Dethroy]

Fuck off with the unnecessary fanboyism.

Whoa. Take a breath, sir.
I guess people call you fanboy (such a retarded word that, to my knowledge, only retards use regularly...) these days for inexplicable reasons. I'm out then ...

 

[alucasa]

rolf, the guy came in asking to help to control his mom's Ipad bandwidth usage and somehow Windows 10 and Android get sucked in.

 

[BumbleBee]

Android tablets are awesome. brb my vault needs me.

 

[GorbazTheDragon]

I've experienced exactly the same. Solved by putting very low QoS priority, allowing max 5% of up and down connection for the device. Not sure what the hell Apple is up to with this one.

 

[ZenZimZaliben]

http://www.aztech.com/prod_fiber_FG7003.html - It would appear your router does support the types of changes we were suggesting.

http://superuser.com/questions/2712...dsl-router-terracom-for-prioritizing-browsing

 

[Mussels]

I've experienced exactly the same. Solved by putting very low QoS priority, allowing max 5% of up and down connection for the device. Not sure what the hell Apple is up to with this one.

its not just apple, its the HD video. my missus on netflix on a 720p HDTV could cause me issues with gaming until i bandwidth limited her to 300KB/s - you can have a 4Mb HD stream but it doesnt just run 4Mb, it tries to buffer in advance using all available speed to do it.

 

[GorbazTheDragon]

Hmm, I saw the iPad sucking all upload speed while idle....

 

[Deelron]

its not just apple, its the HD video. my missus on netflix on a 720p HDTV could cause me issues with gaming until i bandwidth limited her to 300KB/s - you can have a 4Mb HD stream but it doesnt just run 4Mb, it tries to buffer in advance using all available speed to do it.

This is the actual answer, it has nothing to do with the device and everything to do with HD video services monopolizing bandwidth (I've seen the same issue from Amazon streaming on an Amazon device on a 12/1 connection before I changed to a more robust 105/15 one).

Just be careful not to set it too low, particularly if mom is paying for said connection.

 

[Mussels]

Hmm, I saw the iPad sucking all upload speed while idle....

then something was set to sync to the iCloud, probably photos/videos.

 

[Frick]

Ho hum. This has given me some ideas about what could be wrong with the wifi i'm currently on.... What surprises me is I've never heard of the problem before, and it feels like it could be something else as well. I mean it should be well known in streaming HD video scrambles your entire conmection unless you have dozens of MB's up and down. I shall do some testing when I get the time.

What I can agree with it's not the products as such that does anything wrong, I regurlarly use a network where 20 something random devices is connected to a cheap ISP supplied router (very light use from each device though), if Apple products had scrambled anything I'd have noticed.

 

[remixedcat]

Note: It's becuase of the extra protocols apple devices have and the overhead associated with said protocols. Android doesn't have it neither does windows tablet or phone unless you have media sharing enabled or WiDi. Apple, however REQUIRES the extra protocols.

 

[remixedcat]

Android tablets are awesome. brb my vault needs me.

and no extra bullshit protocols! :3

 

[Frick]

What protocols exactly?

And I'm still not covinced. Are you saying every time anything Apple stream HD stuff it totally fcks up any lesser connection? I know Apple only families with pretty slow DSL lines and their connections are just fine even when they stream from two devices at the same time.