Any way to ensure a minimum connection speed across a router?

Question

hi there, i'm in a house with 4pc's in it... all running from the one source.

i dont mind spending a little money here, but i need a router that will ensure a constant speed to all pc's in the house...

basically three of us are gamers; we play 24/7 and we're typically mid match, when the fourth person in the house decides to download a movie or large file, etc... all three gamers lag out...

who makes a device/router that will ensure a minimum stream to each device... say, a 60kb/s dedicated to each device, then the remainder bandwidth, shared between the 4 devices...

and (in a perfect world) when there's only one person online....... they'll be given the maximum download speed possible by the line...

bear in mind there's xbox's here, not just pc's

Answer 1

uhh use bittorent and set the download limiter to about 30kb/s

that person can still surf while you all can play plus you might get some peers to download the file faster

right click the file> bandwith allocation> download limit> (this)

Right click the file> bandwithallocation> upload limit> 5kb/s

hope it helps

or you could wait on internet 2 where comcast basicly gets made into dialup by it. lol comcast = pwned when that comes out.

Answer 2

You want a router with bandwidth management, and several are available.  This is a link to the newegg search i did on this for you.  This is a start, use this to reaseach which will work best for you

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLis...

Answer 3

Due to limited details posted, im not sure what brand / type of router you have. If i am correct, most routers nowadays come with a feature called (QoS) which stands for Quality of Service. What this feature does is allow you to assign "Quality of Service" for each port on the router. Assuming the 3 gamers are connected to the router via wired (LAN), you can go into the settings of the router and set those 3 ports going to your gaming systems to receive a higher % of bandwidth, and set the other one to normal or a lower % of bandwidth. If you wish to get a new router, I would suggest Netgear. They have products of quality and great support. For a list of decent routers for your needs and not too expensive, follow the link below:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLis...

Good Luck. Hope this helps. Email me for more assistance.