Hi everybody,
So my problem is this:
My internet is pretty slow overall anyway, but it can do most things I need it to without too much of a problem, however this all changes when my brother starts using the internet on his PC.
Now we're both wired into the router. The router is in my room, so I have a short cable from the router to my PC, but my brothers room is above mine, so he runs a long cable from the router, out of my window (the window is still able to shut 😛 ), up the front of the house, in through his window and into his PC.
For some reason I cannot explain, whenever he starts using the internet on his PC, mine becomes unusable. Literally unusable. Even simple text websites take over 5 mins to load, and most of the time, they don't load at all. Same thing happens to my phone, it's connected wirelessly (obviously) to the router, but the internet becomes unusable when my brother is using the internet.
This does not happen when my sister uses the internet on her laptop (that connects using wifi). ONLY when my brother is on his PC.
Again, my internet works as it should when he's not using the internet. I can unplug his cable from the router and suddenly my internet goes back to normal (but obviously leaves him without internet), so clearly his PC is somehow using up all the bandwith, but I cannot explain how. He's mostly just playing online games on Steam. It shouldn't be taking up that much bandwith that the internet becomes unusable for everybody else.
I've tried logging into the router options to see if he's set up some priority thing, but our router doesn't have that option.
It can't be a software issue on my PC, because as I said, it works fine when he's not using it.
So what could be the problem? Any ideas? This is driving me crazy!
Thanks,
Jamie
So my problem is this:
My internet is pretty slow overall anyway, but it can do most things I need it to without too much of a problem, however this all changes when my brother starts using the internet on his PC.
Now we're both wired into the router. The router is in my room, so I have a short cable from the router to my PC, but my brothers room is above mine, so he runs a long cable from the router, out of my window (the window is still able to shut 😛 ), up the front of the house, in through his window and into his PC.
For some reason I cannot explain, whenever he starts using the internet on his PC, mine becomes unusable. Literally unusable. Even simple text websites take over 5 mins to load, and most of the time, they don't load at all. Same thing happens to my phone, it's connected wirelessly (obviously) to the router, but the internet becomes unusable when my brother is using the internet.
This does not happen when my sister uses the internet on her laptop (that connects using wifi). ONLY when my brother is on his PC.
Again, my internet works as it should when he's not using the internet. I can unplug his cable from the router and suddenly my internet goes back to normal (but obviously leaves him without internet), so clearly his PC is somehow using up all the bandwith, but I cannot explain how. He's mostly just playing online games on Steam. It shouldn't be taking up that much bandwith that the internet becomes unusable for everybody else.
I've tried logging into the router options to see if he's set up some priority thing, but our router doesn't have that option.
It can't be a software issue on my PC, because as I said, it works fine when he's not using it.
So what could be the problem? Any ideas? This is driving me crazy!
Thanks,
Jamie
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