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Improving Wifi while full time Youtuber is living with me? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey everyone, first post here and a bit short but I had a question for you all;

For context, my roommate is a full time Youtuber so whenever I'm gaming or talking with friends over Discord, etc the connection is really comically bad when they're recording and uploading.

I was wondering if anyone had any advice or a solution for this, if any.

Thank you in advance

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know the tools that can show you that though, sadly, as I've never faced issues like that.

The Internet speed can be checked by going to any number of speed test websites. Using a site recommended by the ISP is often, though not necessarily, the best choice.

As to measuring the bandwidth usage of each device, there are really only 2 options:

Check if the router maintains traffic statistics per device. This is uncommon on consumer grade routers.
Check traffic statistics on each device. Windows and MacOS can show instantaneous network usage as well as aggregate packets and bytes. AFAIK, Android and iOS only provide aggregate data usage, not instantaneous. No doubt the streamer is using a computer, so this may not be an issue.

/u/MapleDrinkinCanadian, the streamer may be using a lot of upload bandwidth. Many Internet plans have less upload bandwidth than download bandwidth. You may need to upgrade to a faster Internet plan if you two are, indeed, using up all available bandwidth in either direction.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Older versions of docsis (cable modem protocol) would choke download speeds if the upload was saturated. I doubt any ISP is still on those but...