[SOLVED] Gaming hogs my bandwidth ?

[SpookyFairy]

Hi,

I have a 1Gbit Internet connectivity with 100Mbit/s upload and 1000Mbit/s download.
It happens that when I open any game on Windows (also happen to me with Davinci Resolve video editing software, when after I close it the speed is resumed, and that software that use any bandwidth), suddenly the download and upload bandwidth are reduced to 10Mbit/s download and 0.05 Mbit/s upload (tested using Speed Test).

I checked the Resource monitor and the highest network activity is consuming just a total of 5,321 bytes per second.
I checked the game itself and it uses a total of 600 bytes/sec.

Again, the moment I close the game, the bandwidth is back. It happens with offline games, and even apps like Davinci Resolve that don't use any bandwidth at all.

I use an ethernet connection but it does the same for WiFi as well. Something is happening that results in limiting the bandwidth but I have no idea how to detect it.
Using Windows 10 Home edition.

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

Can you state what your OS version(not edition) is at the time of writing? Assuming that this is a PC(not a laptop) and you're using the motherboard's NIC, what is the make and model of your motherboard and it's BIOS version?

 

[Ralston18]

Make and model router?

The router's logs (if available and enabled) may provide some clue as to what is happening.

Who has full admin rights to the router? You will need help from that person.

 

[SpookyFairy]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

Can you state what your OS version(not edition) is at the time of writing? Assuming that this is a PC(not a laptop) and you're using the motherboard's NIC, what is the make and model of your motherboard and it's BIOS version?

Windows 10 version 21H1 (OS Build: 19043.1320)

Using a laptop.

The issue happened many years now, no matter which router I used in the past (I use like 5 during the passed 2-3 years)/ So it doesn't seem to be router dependent. The moment I close the game, the Bandwith is back to full average 980Mbit/s download and 100Mbit/s upload.

 

[kanewolf]

Windows 10 version 21H1 (OS Build: 19043.1320)

Using a laptop.

The issue happened many years now, no matter which router I used in the past (I use like 5 during the passed 2-3 years)/ So it doesn't seem to be router dependent. The moment I close the game, the Bandwith is back to full average 980Mbit/s download and 100Mbit/s upload.

If this is a "gaming" laptop, then it may have software installed to prioritize game traffic on the network. What model laptop ?

 

[SpookyFairy]

If this is a "gaming" laptop, then it may have software installed to prioritize game traffic on the network. What model laptop ?

Lenovo Legion Y540-15IRH

I see "Network Boost" option in the Vantage app for Lenovo. I disabled it (it was enabled) but the problem remained (haven't restarted the computer though).

Doing more tests to see if that toggled option is the issue.

 

[SpookyFairy]

If this is a "gaming" laptop, then it may have software installed to prioritize game traffic on the network. What model laptop ?

It seems that after closing the game toggling that option off in the Lenovo Vantage might solved it. Doing a few more tests.

 

[SpookyFairy]

If this is a "gaming" laptop, then it may have software installed to prioritize game traffic on the network. What model laptop ?

I think it's solved. Will give it a go the entire game, but I think that was the solution, turning off "NETWORK BOOST" option in Lenovo Vantage.

Thank you very much!

 

[kanewolf]

I think it's solved. Will give it a go the entire game, but I think that was the solution, turning off "NETWORK BOOST" option in Lenovo Vantage.

Yeah, software like that helps when you have limited bandwidth, but with high bandwidth internet, just hurts.