True when gaming it kills bandwidth for others

theFOoL · Jul 28, 2018

Hi guys,

As title says. The kids play games on the Xbox and it kills my internet to a crawl

We said no gaming at 9 cause I told them it's killing our bandwidth here for us. Are killing our bandwidth? Both all of us are on Wi-Fi and yes I know getting a access point thing would help?

qubit · Jul 28, 2018

Gaming shouldn't kill your bandwidth. Something's wrong there. How fast is your download speed for a start?

The only time it will put a heavy load is when you're downloading a game or patches.

Kursah · Jul 28, 2018

What is your tested bandwidth?

What router do you have? Can you check its CPU load during the kids' gaming sessions?

Can you test Ethernet during that time?

theFOoL · Jul 28, 2018

Our DL max at 2.5MB

Jetster · Jul 28, 2018

Get your PC on Ethernet or get a better router

AlienIsGOD · Jul 28, 2018

rk3066 said:
Our DL max at 2.5MB

2.5 down isn't much to use nevermind sharing.

I have 120 down with 3 pc's, 2 xbox one and 3 phones and notice no slowdown. I couldn't imagine only 2.5 down in 2028

theFOoL · Jul 28, 2018

Our modem is from ARRIS but the model I can't look at but the Firmware version is 9.1.103S

ShiBDiB · Jul 28, 2018

Who is your ISP? What speeds are they advertising you should be getting?

theFOoL · Jul 29, 2018

Our ISP is Gigamonster and the speeds are laughable for ya's eyes at 30mbs but we are not even getting that. I assume since we're in a apartment complex all people here have the same ISP so that's why we are having slow speeds

hat · Jul 29, 2018

2.5MB (megabytes) isn't too bad, but if it's 2.5Mb (megabits) then... that's pretty poor. I wouldn't be surprised if gaming really does eat up a decent portion of that bandwidth. That said, it could also be the router bogging down, especially if there's a lot of activity over WiFi and you don't have a good router. If you could minimize WiFi usage and run Ethernet to everything, it might help.

ShiBDiB · Jul 29, 2018

rk3066 said:
Our ISP is Gigamonster and the speeds are laughable for ya's eyes at 30mbs but we are not even getting that. I assume since we're in a apartment complex all people here have the same ISP so that's why we are having slow speeds

30Mbs is fairly close to 2.5MBs. Typically most ISP's (especially slower ones) advertise in Mbs as most people don't realize that Mbs and MBs are different things.

Long story short, unless you get a better ISP than yes doing basically anything is going to bottleneck that connection.

theFOoL · Jul 29, 2018

Yea lol that's not happening to the kids. Kids these days... :laugh:

Most importantly I forgot we were living in a complex and everyone else uses the same internet

hat · Jul 29, 2018

That shouldn't really be an issue. I used to live in a big apartment complex like that where everybody had the same ISP with no issues.

theFOoL · Jul 29, 2018

Well hmm it seems when the Xbox is not in use are speeds are back to normal. Wonder why when playing the Xbox has this effect on our computers or TVs. The router is in the center room of the apartment

hat · Jul 29, 2018

Internet speed is not all. If the router isn't up to par, all that WiFi activity from the Xbox, your computer(s), TVs and whatever else is going on... could be bogging it down. Hell, even if everything was ethernet, the router could still be getting bogged down by the sheer number of connections because it's not powerful enough to keep track of all that. Learned that with bittorrent back in the way with a Linksys BEFSX41 router. Another possibility is the hardware may be able to cope, but the router is overheating. I recently stuck a fan on my RT-N66R, an otherwise great router, to solve some issues I suspected were related to overheating.

ShiBDiB · Jul 29, 2018

He has a 30 Megabit connection (advertised, so realistically a bit less than that).. that is 95% the issue if not the entire issue.

theFOoL · Jul 29, 2018

Oh I see. Hmm going to check how hot the router is getting and still I'd suspect it's all the phones that are connected that's having a effect on the router as well. Not much one can do. We are struggling to have ends meet with everything right now so. Sucks but that is the way life is for now

ShiBDiB · Jul 29, 2018

rk3066 said:
Oh I see. Hmm going to check how hot the router is getting and still I'd suspect it's all the phones that are connected that's having a effect on the router as well. Not much one can do. We are struggling to have ends meet with everything right now so. Sucks but that is the way life is for now

Sell the Xbox?

FordGT90Concept · Jul 29, 2018

It's probably silently downloading stuff like game updates. Actual game networking uses very, very little bandwidth. Until it finishes downloading what it is downloading, it's going to be a hog.

theFOoL · Jul 29, 2018

Lol LMAO that is not happening sir :laugh:

it was a gift from there dad who no longer married to there mom AKA my sister

Bill_Bright · Jul 29, 2018

rk3066 said:
Our modem is from ARRIS

Doesn't matter - assuming DOCSIS 3.x.

What matters is the bandwidth your ISP is providing. Also, you should be able to set the priority of your connected devices in your router (that's router, not modem). So you tell your router (even if integrated into the same "gateway" device as your modem) to give your PC, for example, priority over the XBOX.

theFOoL · Jul 29, 2018

When it comes to networking it's not my first knowing of technology. Well we limited them to only 9pm and Xbox off

FordGT90Concept · Jul 29, 2018

Your router might have family settings where you can cut a MAC address (e.g. the Xbox) off WAN on a specific schedule. You should really make sure the Xbox has WAN access in the middle of the night when no one is up.

Alternatively, assign a QoS rule so Xbox doesn't get priority.

theFOoL · Jul 29, 2018

As I mentioned I'm not into networking only to fixing computers and building them. For now we are fine as they have friends to play with at times

hat · Jul 29, 2018

rk3066 said:
Oh I see. Hmm going to check how hot the router is getting and still I'd suspect it's all the phones that are connected that's having a effect on the router as well. Not much one can do. We are struggling to have ends meet with everything right now so. Sucks but that is the way life is for now

If it is overheating, it's a simple fix. I hacked up an old 80mm casefan and spliced it up to a usb cable and plugged it into the router's USB ports. A good option for the RT-N66R, not sure if your router has any USB or not.

System Name	BoX-Server \| 775PC
Processor	I3 3.5GHZ (3150) \| Modded Xeon E5450 (OC @3.60)
Motherboard	ASRock B85M-ITX \| ASUS P5Q-EM
Cooling	OEZM HSK \| 92MM Heatsink RGB
Memory	8GB DDR3 \| 8GB DDR2
Video Card(s)	AMD 6450 \| AMD RX 550 4GB
Storage	120GB SSD 1TB WD \| 120GB SSD 1TB Seagate 500GB HDD <<
Display(s)	DELL 17" LCD 1280x1024 \| ASUS 24" LCD IPS
Case	CoolerMaster 110 \| RoseWill ZIRCON
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Rosewill 610WATT \| Rosewill 550WATT
Mouse	Input-Director\| RoseWill FUSION C40
Keyboard	Input-Director \| RoseWill FUSION
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit

System Name	Quantumville™
Processor	Intel Core i7-2700K @ 4GHz
Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3
Cooling	Noctua NH-D14
Memory	16GB (2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance Black DDR3 PC3-12800 C9 1600MHz)
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming X Trio
Storage	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB \| WD Black 4TB \| WD Blue 6TB
Display(s)	ASUS ROG Strix XG27UQR (4K, 144Hz, G-SYNC compatible) \| Asus MG28UQ (4K, 60Hz, FreeSync compatible)
Case	Cooler Master HAF 922
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty PCIe
Power Supply	Corsair AX1600i
Mouse	Microsoft Intellimouse Pro - Black Shadow
Keyboard	Yes
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

System Name	Kursah's Gaming Rig 2018 (2022 Upgrade) - Ryzen+ Edition \| Gaming Laptop (Lenovo Legion 5i Pro 2022)
Processor	R7 5800X @ Stock \| i7 12700H @ Stock
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix X370-F Gaming BIOS 6203\| Legion 5i Pro NM-E231
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S Push-Pull + NT-H1 \| Stock Cooling
Memory	TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 32GB (2x16) DDR4 4000 @ 3600 18-20-20-42 1.35v \| 32GB DDR5 4800 (2x16)
Video Card(s)	Palit GeForce RTX 4070 JetStream 12GB \| CPU-based Intel Iris XE + RTX 3070 8GB 150W
Storage	4TB SP UD90 NVME, 960GB SATA SSD, 2TB HDD \| 1TB Samsung OEM NVME SSD + 4TB Crucial P3 Plus NVME SSD
Display(s)	Acer 28" 4K VG280K x2 \| 16" 2560x1600 built-in
Case	Corsair 600C - Stock Fans on Low \| Stock Metal/Plastic
Audio Device(s)	Aune T1 mk1 > AKG K553 Pro + JVC HA-RX 700 (Equalizer APO + PeaceUI) \| Bluetooth Earbuds (BX29)
Power Supply	EVGA 750G2 Modular + APC Back-UPS Pro 1500 \| 300W OEM (heavy use) or Lenovo Legion C135W GAN (light)
Mouse	Logitech G502 \| Logitech M330
Keyboard	HyperX Alloy Core RGB \| Built in Keyboard (Lenovo laptop KB FTW)
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64 \| Windows 11 Home x64

System Name	BoX-Server \| 775PC
Processor	I3 3.5GHZ (3150) \| Modded Xeon E5450 (OC @3.60)
Motherboard	ASRock B85M-ITX \| ASUS P5Q-EM
Cooling	OEZM HSK \| 92MM Heatsink RGB
Memory	8GB DDR3 \| 8GB DDR2
Video Card(s)	AMD 6450 \| AMD RX 550 4GB
Storage	120GB SSD 1TB WD \| 120GB SSD 1TB Seagate 500GB HDD <<
Display(s)	DELL 17" LCD 1280x1024 \| ASUS 24" LCD IPS
Case	CoolerMaster 110 \| RoseWill ZIRCON
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Rosewill 610WATT \| Rosewill 550WATT
Mouse	Input-Director\| RoseWill FUSION C40
Keyboard	Input-Director \| RoseWill FUSION
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit

System Name	Juliette // HTPC
Processor	Intel i7 9700K // AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS Prime Z390X-A // ASRock B550 ITX-AC
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12 Black // Stock
Memory	Corsair DDR4 3600 32gb //G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX4070 OC// GTX 1650
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO NVMe 1Tb, Intel 665p Series M.2 2280 1TB // Samsung 1Tb SSD
Display(s)	ASUS VP348QGL 34" Quad HD 3440 x 1440 // 55" LG 4K SK8000 Series
Case	Seasonic SYNCRO Q7// Silverstone Granada GD05
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 // HDMI to Samsung HW-R650 sound bar
Power Supply	Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
Mouse	Cooler Master MM710 53G
Keyboard	Logitech 920-009300 G512 SE
Software	Windows 10 Pro // Windows 10 Pro

True when gaming it kills bandwidth for others

theFOoL

qubit

Overclocked quantum bit

Kursah

Super Moderator

theFOoL

Jetster

AlienIsGOD

Vanguard Beta Tester

theFOoL

ShiBDiB

theFOoL

hat

Enthusiast

ShiBDiB

theFOoL

hat

Enthusiast

theFOoL

hat

Enthusiast

ShiBDiB

theFOoL

ShiBDiB

FordGT90Concept

"I go fast!1!11!1!"

theFOoL

Bill_Bright

theFOoL

FordGT90Concept

"I go fast!1!11!1!"

theFOoL

hat

Enthusiast

System Name	Aliens Ryzen Rig \| 2nd Hand Omen
Processor	Ryzen R5 5600 \| Ryzen R5 3600
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450 Aorus Elite (F61 BIOS) \| B450 matx
Cooling	DeepCool Castle EX V2 240mm AIO\| stock for now
Memory	8GB X 2 DDR4 3000mhz Team Group Vulcan \| 16GB DDR4
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX 5700 8GB \| GTX 1650 4GB
Storage	Adata XPG 8200 PRO 512GB SSD OS / 240 SSD + 2TB M.2 SSD Games / 1000 GB Data \| SSD + HDD
Display(s)	Acer ED273 27" VA 144hz Freesync \|TCL 32" 1080P w/ HDR
Case	NZXT H500 Black \| HP Omen Obelisk
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Realtek \| Onboard Realtek
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA G3 650w 80+ Gold \| 500w
Mouse	Steelseries Rival 500 15 button mouse w/ Razor Goliathus Chroma XL mousemat \| Logitech G502
Keyboard	Logitech G910 Orion Spark RGB w/ Romer G tactile keys \| Logitech G513 Carbon w/ Romer G tactile keys
Software	Windows 10 Pro \| Windows 10 Pro

System Name	[Daily Driver]
Processor	[Ryzen 7 5800X3D]
Motherboard	[Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS]
Cooling	[be quiet! Dark Rock Slim]
Memory	[64GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3600MHz (16GBx4)]
Video Card(s)	[PNY RTX 3070Ti XLR8]
Storage	[1TB SN850 NVMe, 4TB 990 Pro NVMe, 2TB 870 EVO SSD, 2TB SA510 SSD]
Display(s)	[2x 27" HP X27q at 1440p]
Case	[Fractal Meshify-C]
Audio Device(s)	[Steelseries Arctis Pro]
Power Supply	[CORSAIR RMx 1000]
Mouse	[Logitech G Pro Wireless]
Keyboard	[Logitech G512 Carbon (GX-Brown)]
Software	[Windows 11 64-Bit]

System Name	Starlifter :: Dragonfly
Processor	i7 2600k 4.4GHz :: i5 10400
Motherboard	ASUS P8P67 Pro :: ASUS Prime H570-Plus
Cooling	Cryorig M9 :: Stock
Memory	4x4GB DDR3 2133 :: 2x8GB DDR4 2400
Video Card(s)	PNY GTX1070 :: Integrated UHD 630
Storage	Crucial MX500 1TB, 2x1TB Seagate RAID 0 :: Mushkin Enhanced 60GB SSD, 3x4TB Seagate HDD RAID5
Display(s)	Onn 165hz 1080p :: Acer 1080p
Case	Antec SOHO 1030B :: Old White Full Tower
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro - Bose Companion 2 Series III :: None
Power Supply	FSP Hydro GE 550w :: EVGA Supernova 550
Software	Windows 10 Pro - Plex Server on Dragonfly
Benchmark Scores	>9000

System Name	BY-2021
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (65w eco profile)
Motherboard	MSI B550 Gaming Plus
Cooling	Scythe Mugen (rev 5)
Memory	2 x Kingston HyperX DDR4-3200 32 GiB
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro, Seagate Exos X20 TB 7200 RPM
Display(s)	Nixeus NX-EDG274K (3840x2160@144 DP) + Samsung SyncMaster 906BW (1440x900@60 HDMI-DVI)
Case	Coolermaster HAF 932 w/ USB 3.0 5.25" bay + USB 3.2 (A+C) 3.5" bay
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC1150, Micca OriGen+
Power Supply	Enermax Platimax 850w
Mouse	Nixeus REVEL-X
Keyboard	Tesoro Excalibur
Software	Windows 10 Home 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	Faster than the tortoise; slower than the hare.

System Name	Brightworks Systems BWS-6 E-IV
Processor	Intel Core i5-6600 @ 3.9GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 Rev 1.0
Cooling	Quality case, 2 x Fractal Design 140mm fans, stock CPU HSF
Memory	32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4 3000 Corsair Vengeance
Video Card(s)	EVGA GEForce GTX 1050Ti 4Gb GDDR5
Storage	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB SSD, Samsung 860 Evo 500GB SSD
Display(s)	Samsung S24E650BW LED x 2
Case	Fractal Design Define R4
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 550W G2 Gold
Mouse	Logitech M190
Keyboard	Microsoft Wireless Comfort 5050
Software	W10 Pro 64-bit