Xbox consumes all the bandwidth

#1 09-07-2008, 04:12 PM

Hello everyone,

I've got a xbox and a computer connected to a router. When I start playing
the xbox consumes all the bandwidth and it's not possible to connect to the
Internet from the computer. Is it possible to limit the amount of the
bandwidth the xbox takes away?

JaromirD

#2 09-08-2008, 05:28 PM

JaromirD,

The easiest way to do it is going to be through configuration on your
router. I am HOPING you are running a Cisco product (Linksys) because
you can limit the amount of bandwidth a particular port has on the
router. Which model are running on?

On Sep 7, 4:12*pm, JaromirD <rydb...@q2.pl> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I've got a xbox and a computer connected to a router. When I start playing
> the xbox consumes all the bandwidth and it's not possible to connect to the
> Internet from the computer. Is it possible to limit the amount of the
> bandwidth the xbox takes away?
>
> JaromirD

#3 09-08-2008, 05:43 PM

PSU AEquitas wrote:

> JaromirD,
>
> The easiest way to do it is going to be through configuration on your
> router. I am HOPING you are running a Cisco product

I wish I was.

> (Linksys) because
> you can limit the amount of bandwidth a particular port has on the
> router. Which model are running on?
>
Unfortunately it's probably the cheapest model on the market: TP-Link
TL-R402M http://www.tp-link.com/products/product_des.asp?id=18#
I tried to find an option in its software that could do that but I was out
of luck (maybe not smart enough to recognize it).

JaromirD

#4 09-08-2008, 06:56 PM

"JaromirD" <rydberg@q2.pl> wrote in message
news:ga469u$jqf$1@news.onet.pl...
> PSU AEquitas wrote:
>
>> JaromirD,
>>
>> The easiest way to do it is going to be through configuration on your
>> router. I am HOPING you are running a Cisco product
>
> I wish I was.
>
>> (Linksys) because
>> you can limit the amount of bandwidth a particular port has on the
>> router. Which model are running on?
>>
> Unfortunately it's probably the cheapest model on the market: TP-Link
> TL-R402M http://www.tp-link.com/products/product_des.asp?id=18#
> I tried to find an option in its software that could do that but I was out
> of luck (maybe not smart enough to recognize it).
>
> JaromirD

Dont feel so bad ... I don't think bandwith allocation is a feature of most
home routers. I have several here (none of them Linksys unfortunately) but
the ones I have do not have such a feature as far as I know. Perhaps the
problem is related to a small set of specific games on the Xbox?? Are some
games more bandwidth hungry than others?

#5 09-09-2008, 05:33 PM

Kerry Liles wrote:

> "JaromirD" <rydberg@q2.pl> wrote in message
> news:ga469u$jqf$1@news.onet.pl...
>> PSU AEquitas wrote:
>>
>>> JaromirD,
>>>
>>> The easiest way to do it is going to be through configuration on your
>>> router. I am HOPING you are running a Cisco product
>>
>> I wish I was.
>>
>>> (Linksys) because
>>> you can limit the amount of bandwidth a particular port has on the
>>> router. Which model are running on?
>>>
>> Unfortunately it's probably the cheapest model on the market: TP-Link
>> TL-R402M http://www.tp-link.com/products/product_des.asp?id=18#
>> I tried to find an option in its software that could do that but I was
>> out of luck (maybe not smart enough to recognize it).
>>
>> JaromirD
>
> Dont feel so bad ... I don't think bandwith allocation is a feature of
> most home routers.

Well, I don't feel bad; I just tried to be ironic but apparently it didn't
work (English is not my mother tongue) :-). The truth is neither router,
nor xbox and computer are mine but it's irrelevant for the problem I try to
solve.

> I have several here (none of them Linksys
> unfortunately) but the ones I have do not have such a feature as far as I
> know. Perhaps the problem is related to a small set of specific games on
> the Xbox?? Are some games more bandwidth hungry than others?

As far as I know the same thing happens every time the children of my
sister-in-law (it's she who asked me for help) start gaming.

JaromirD

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