Question Is there a way for me to limit wifi users bandwidth?

[Aflyxxn]

I currentle have 'GB' Virgin media, happy with the speeds im getting (700mbps+)

However, as of recent i have been allowing my brothers to use my router to play their consoles,(PS4 & PS4) Along side my PS5.

I am experiencing Latency issues, which as you know i should not be.. this has lead me to wanting to put a limit on the other users so that i am priorised by my router.

so i guess the question is, how would i go about setting this up? any reccomended software? not sure if im able to do this via my router admin panel.. (i can block access via mac address, but can i limit usage?)

 

[gggplaya]

Is that virgin media cable or fiber? What's the upload bandwidth?

If your wifi is capable of multiple SSID's, then the easiest way to limit bandwidth is to simply limit them to wireless N protocol on the 2.4ghz band. They'll be limited to something like 40-80mbps. What you could do is give the 5ghz band (wireless AC/AX) it's own name and password that only you know and use. Then make a 2.4ghz band with an ssid and password that you openly share with everyone else.

I have Ubiquiti wifi equipment, I can simply set it in the settings to limit each wifi client to a bandwidth that I specify, but for most consumer grade equipment this is not possible.

 

[Aflyxxn]

Is that virgin media cable or fiber? What's the upload bandwidth?

If your wifi is capable of multiple SSID's, then the easiest way to limit bandwidth is to simply limit them to wireless N protocol on the 2.4ghz band. They'll be limited to something like 40-80mbps. What you could do is give the 5ghz band (wireless AC/AX) it's own name and password that only you know and use. Then make a 2.4ghz band with an ssid and password that you openly share with everyone else.

I have Ubiquiti wifi equipment, I can simply set it in the settings to limit each wifi client to a bandwidth that I specify, but for most consumer grade equipment this is not possible.

Over wifi im getting around 80mbps upload


Thanks for the advice and guidance. Appreciate it.
Im going to do some research on this, rather implement it sooner then later, my call of duty ranked play is being effected haha.

Ive heard about those aftermarket ones, i may have to invest in the near future.



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[bill001g]

Hook your machine up on ethernet is likely the best. I doubt you are maxing out your actual internet bandwidth.

You can not limit the wifi bandwidth itself. To a point you can limit the internet usage but using this feature if your router has it will then cap your internet speed much lower than you pay for. It takes a lot of cpu power to run any kind of traffic limiting. Many times you cap your internet to about 300mbps....unless you use a large pc for your router.

What you might try is rather than put all the other users on 2.4g you put your machine on 2.4g and have the other machines share the 5g. You do not really care how fast the connection is. A game only needs about 1mbps. 2.4g is slower but it tends to have stronger signals.

Now none of this may matter. You share the radio bandwidth with all your neighbors. So you can turn off every other machine in your house and still get lag spikes. This is the key reason it is recommended you do not play any online games on wifi.

Maybe consider powerline networks. It might be slower than wifi but it would be a dedicated connection and since games don't need large bandwidth when you play it doesn't matter. If you do some huge download you could switch back to wifi.

 

[kanewolf]

You can not limit the wifi bandwidth itself.

Depends on the WIFI hardware you have. Midrange and higher end WIFI APs allow bandwidth profiles. Link rate will be unchanged but bandwidth to the uplink can be limited. Typical home routers. No.