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I live with 5 other people, so as you can imagine, my internet connection speed can be pretty poor, particularly if everyone is connected at the same time.

However, I've noticed recently that it appears to be much slower than it was when I first moved in.

I was wondering if anyone knows whether it is possible to prioritise which computers on the network get the most bandwidth, or if there is any way I can check what speed/ bandwidth all of the other computers connected to the network have to see if others in the house have somehow prioritised their computers over mine, or have restricted the amouth of bandwidth I am able to use?

ndemou
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If you can log in to your router, then check if there is any QoS tab that you can see. If not, then it might be a good idea to install things like Tomato or DD-WRT if your router supports it. These allow you to set QoS, allowing you to prioritize some computers over others, for and see which computers are hogging bandwidth.

hifkanotiks
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It is far more likely that this is just normal behaviour than a house mate prioritising their connection. I do not think this is possible on the model of router you mentioned either. Is your internet connection BT or some cable provider? (Sky, Virgin etc). If it is BT then there are dark areas where you will be limited to poor speeds.

If you live in a rural area or somewhere quite far from the exchange then you are likely to have a slower connection and this connection will slow even further during peak times. Unfortunately there is not a lot that can be done about this.

Have you gone to speedtest.net? Run that and post back the results.

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