Is it possible to prioritise 1 ethernet port's traffic over another with the ASUS DSL-AX82U (AX5400)?

[jonnyc55]

Hi,

I have 4 ethernet ports on my router, only 2 are in use; 1 is my PC, the other feeds a TV/Laptop (via powerline adapters).
Am I able to prioritise the network traffic from the ethernet port connected to my PC over the other connected ethernet port on my router? If so, does it have drawbacks?

Thank you.

 

[Twiglets]

Not sure what you mean by prioritise ?

The ports on the Router act should act like a switch, therefore the traffic to a single port is not impacted by how 'Busy' the other ports are.

You may be thinking of how Ethernet Hubs work ???!!!

See ==>> Hub vs Switch: What is the Difference ?

 

[OzarkEdge]

Hi,

I have 4 ethernet ports on my router, only 2 are in use; 1 is my PC, the other feeds a TV/Laptop (via powerline adapters).
Am I able to prioritise the network traffic from the ethernet port connected to my PC over the other connected ethernet port on my router? If so, does it have drawbacks?

Thank you.

If you only connect your PC there is nothing to prioritize... does it solve the problem?

OE

 

[OzarkEdge]

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You're the problem. You only posted to harpoon me with sarcasm, wow, f**k you, you cringy lousy miserable turd. Where's the sarcasm coming from? If this is sarcasm stemming from "how could prioritising happen, without sacrificing the other connection?" - that's what I was recently thinking of, however QoS exists which does indeed prioritise:

And I'll echo what I said above:

Is it true that packets of both ethernet ports are competing for the router's CPU processing? That does make sense to me. Also, if both connections share the same single wire going into the wall, that they share the same lane? From this common sense is why I asked. But I also now think how could prioritising happen, without sacrificing the other connection, unless separate lanes are utilised from internet servers all the way to a router port. Like parallel processing/lanes the whole way.

As for your joy and desire to post to only insult with sarcasm:

Ouch... I don't think I deserved that.

You did not say what issue you are trying to solve.

Given DSL Internet service which is notoriously troubled, especially at distance from the Central Office and with voice grade twisted-pair copper subscriber lines falling into disrepair; and your desire to prioritize your PC connection; I assumed you were having a network performance issue while using your PC, perhaps for gaming, and that you wanted to address the issue with a router QoS setting.

Before messing with QoS, I wanted to determine if it would actually solve the issue... or if the issue was a DSL issue.

Therefore, if you only connect your PC with no other client traffic on your network, does it fix the issue... or is the issue upstream and related to your DSL Internet service such that no QoS setting can fix it?

Hence my suggestion... turn OFF your WiFi to disconnect all wireless clients, disconnect all LAN clients except your PC, and now you have prioritized your PC traffic... does it fix the problem? If not, then no router QoS setting is going to help, and the issue may be with your DSL service.

Good luck.

OE