Hi smart people,

If I have several computers on my home network and I have not set any explicit QoS rules on my router, how is bandwidth allocated? For example, if computer 1 is downloading a torrent at max speed and a second computer starts a download, how is the bandwidth allocation between the two determined? Thanks!

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[–] [S] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Yes, I think this must be it. Computer 1 was wifi while computer 2 was wired.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Yeah. Wifi has more latency than switched ethernet on average (and really bad worst case latency since it is a shared medium, subject to neighboring RF interference that might not even be from the network, and radios try to handle retransmits on their own).

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