Limit Bandwidth On Devices

[STRUZZIN]

Is there a way to limit speed on certain devices>?
I was trying bandwidth limiter but it does not work.
Is there a better way to do it any advice on would be great.

The big problem I am having is 2 TV's that stream.
I cannot control Amazon Prime and certain apps which I really want to limit.

 

[dfunked]

Bandwidth limiter works perfectly for me... Whats your problem with it?

Just add a device, make sure it's checked to enable and put in whatever limit you want in Mbps.

 

[STRUZZIN]

It does not work the TV's I added still going full speed.
I guess today I will have to full reset and see if it fixes it.
Would the IPV6 Passthrough do this ?
Also what speed to cap them at so streaming apps limited to 720p ?

 

[thiggins]

Bandwidth limiting is not a great way to control streaming.
Take 10 minutes and watch this:

The Netflix Effect on Guest Wi-Fi | Jim Palmer | WLPC Phoenix 2019

wlanprofessionals.com

or read the blog form:

Wi-Fi and the “Netflix Effect” aka Don’t Rate Limit your Wi-Fi

What is of the most importance… isn’t the blueish parts showing data being consumed, it’s the white spaces in between!

jimswirelessworld.wordpress.com

 

[STRUZZIN]

@thiggins I appreciate it and will look over those.
You understand the issue right everything else has quality settings.
Some TV apps do not (Amazon) and it seems silly.

 

[thiggins]

Most streaming services use very intelligent automatic bandwidth adaptation, even if they do not expose user controls.

 

[Paliv]

Bandwidth limiting is not a great way to control streaming.
Take 10 minutes and watch this:

The Netflix Effect on Guest Wi-Fi | Jim Palmer | WLPC Phoenix 2019

wlanprofessionals.com

or read the blog form:

Wi-Fi and the “Netflix Effect” aka Don’t Rate Limit your Wi-Fi

What is of the most importance… isn’t the blueish parts showing data being consumed, it’s the white spaces in between!

jimswirelessworld.wordpress.com

Very interesting perspective, thanks @thiggins !

 

[thiggins]

Very interesting perspective, thanks @thiggins !

Not just opinion but data!

 

[Paliv]

Not just opinion but data!

Yes! The aggregate data use of multiple rate limited devices was eye opening.

 

[Yota]

Bandwidth limiting is not a great way to control streaming.
Take 10 minutes and watch this:

The Netflix Effect on Guest Wi-Fi | Jim Palmer | WLPC Phoenix 2019

wlanprofessionals.com

or read the blog form:

Wi-Fi and the “Netflix Effect” aka Don’t Rate Limit your Wi-Fi

What is of the most importance… isn’t the blueish parts showing data being consumed, it’s the white spaces in between!

jimswirelessworld.wordpress.com

If a public place, such as a hotel, provides users with unlimited bandwidth, will this induce more download demand due to faster internet speeds? Although WiFi is half-duplex, hotels with multiple APs don't have to worry about users hogging the AP's time.

 

[thiggins]

If a public place, such as a hotel, provides users with unlimited bandwidth, will this induce more download demand due to faster internet speeds? Although WiFi is half-duplex, hotels with multiple APs don't have to worry about users hogging the AP's time.

Anything is possible. But every hotel I've ever stayed in has limited bandwidth.

Not everyone needs a lot of bandwidth. I'm quite happy with 200/10 cable service. Even my old 10/0.8 service was fine for two people, except when I needed to upload large files or download a Linux distro.

 

[sbsnb]

Most streaming services use very intelligent automatic bandwidth adaptation, even if they do not expose user controls.

Netflix does an excellent job. Disney+ streams 4K even to 1080p and 720p devices. When my daughter signed up for DIsney+ our monthly bandwidth tripled despite the other kids watching hours more Netflix and PBS Kids. An hour of Netflix uses about 800 MiB and Disney+ about 4GB.

 

[Paliv]

Netflix does an excellent job. Disney+ streams 4K even to 1080p and 720p devices. When my daughter signed up for DIsney+ our monthly bandwidth tripled despite the other kids watching hours more Netflix and PBS Kids. An hour of Netflix uses about 800 MiB and Disney+ about 4GB.

I thought Disney fixed that and you can adjust quality settings now.

 

[sbsnb]

I checked and now there is a setting to control bandwidth. Thanks for that. I switched it down and nobody's noticed