Setting internet priority for home network

[morguhn69]

Hello,
I have two computers at home. One is wired (mine) the other is wireless (daughters). I have a problem that when my daughters computer is running it slows my wired connection down or in some cases cuts it off completely. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[eibgrad]

This shouldn’t be happening unless your daughter is continually downloading large amounts of data (e.g., torrents). I just want to be sure it’s not something else, like some sort of misconfiguration.

But if it is just a case of her eating up all the bandwidth, then you need a router w/ QoS (Quality of Service) controls. You can then prioritize traffic based on factors such as MAC address, IP address, type of traffic (e.g., bittorrent vs. http vs. voip), etc.