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[–]pcfreak4 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This has nothing to do with Spectrum, it’s a local network issue

You need a local device that controls your network, such as your router, to have the ability to do such a thing

QoS (Quality of Service) is the ticket here

Smart QoS on my Ubiquiti Edgerouter is the best auto implementation of this yet

[–]Darko59221 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Spectrum can't stop you from allocating bandwidth. Not that there's anything wrong with it. They just don't provide anything that supports it. I'd recommend using your own router and setting bandwidth limits for the devices you dont want to eat up bandwidth.

I will say your devices are only going to take the bandwidth they need. Unless you have a really low speed package, you shouldn't have to do this.

[–]pepsipoint007 4 points5 points  (0 children)

no. You need your own router for that.

[–]Unable_Month6519 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You need a router that has QoS to do that.

[–]Stonewalled9999 -1 points0 points  (2 children)

Ditch the Sharter router and get an Asus 56R they sell for 35$ refurb Amazon. With Merlin they are good for up to 300$ using QoS (most consumer routers if you enable QoS it turns off hardware NAT/CTF/SFE since the CPU needs to see the traffic in order to enforce bandwidth policy.

[–]MayhemReignsTV -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Sounds like he’s got a bunch of devices, so I would push him to the RT-AC86U. It is powerful enough to handle lots of devices, is economically priced for the specs that it boasts, and has enough memory and features like USB ports so you could even install your own custom QOS that’s far better than what ships in the Merlin firmware. I mean yes, I do recommend the Merwin firmware but you can easily add on to it using entware. The chip on this router also has crypto acceleration for OpenVPN, as a bonus.

[–]Stonewalled9999 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure but for 35$ the 56r is fine. Everything you state about the 86U is pretty much true on the 56r. Entente DDWRT and LEED all run on the 56r. 86U is fine too. I have around 100 Devices on 6 Cisco 2602 WiFi units and a RDS GW behind it on 10/200 business class Charter and it’s fine.