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burnm3w1thf1r3

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So I have a dual band router and I was wondering if there is a way to prevent bandwidth hogging. It is set to single broadcast at the moment because i didn't know how to set it up or if it was even possible.

Anyways, so it seems while I'm playing a game, and someone starts streaming a video or something else that requires more than basic web surfing my ping to the server starts to rise. I am hard wired most other connections in the house are wireless. Is there a way I can fix this issue with the dual broadcasting feature? Or does the dual broadcast only make a difference if everything is wireless?
 
How fast is your Internet package?

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Having 'dual broadcast' simply advertises your SSID on both the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands. It doesn't influence anything else other than providing another frequency for clients to join.
 
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Just to restate what others have asked, how fast is your internet (refer to www.speedtest.net) and what model wireless router do you have?

For what you're describing, it sounds like you have a low-speed internet plan. Most consumer routers let you do basic quality of service, where you can set priority for either the traffic type or the specific client. Some may offer more or less.
 
Sorry, got busy. Thanks for the posts. Yes the internet package is on the slow end.

Router: NetGear 6200v2
Internet: DL Speed - 5.19Mbps, UL Speed - 0.36Mbps

However, shouldn't the process of using the dual band wireless/wired be the same regardless of the speed?
 
As above, 5 mbps really isn't enough for media playback even by itself. Your current usage pattern runs into congestion issues with that small amount of bandwidth.
 
With only 5Mbps download, when someone starts to stream a video, which is likely in HD, it consumes the majority of your available bandwidth, which is why you notice issues on other devices when multiple people are using the internet. Your upload speed is horrible as well, so if someone starts to upload a photo or video to the internet, you're going to have gaming issues.
 
beers said:
How fast is your Internet package?

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Having 'dual broadcast' simply advertises your SSID on both the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands. It doesn't influence anything else other than providing another frequency for clients to join.
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Internet speeds aside the only other benefit a dual band router can provide would be seperate bandwidth for the 5GHz & 2.4GHz range correct? So 802.11n devices are not slowed down by a/b/g devices.
 
Renzore101 said:
Internet speeds aside the only other benefit a dual band router can provide would be seperate bandwidth for the 5GHz & 2.4GHz range correct? So 802.11n devices are not slowed down by a/b/g devices.
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802.11n operates on both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands. If you connect to the 5GHz band, you could still be slowed by 802.11a devices, but I'd be surprised if you had any "a" devices at all on your network.

If you are on the 2.4GHz band, you can disable support for older b/g devices and operate in n-only mode, otherwise yes if you are on 2.4GHz with an "n" client, and there are other b/g devices on that network, performance will suffer.
 
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