BT Home Hub replacement for QoS

[miniman]

Not sure if "QoS" is the correct term - I think it is.

Essentially, I want to run an additional WiFi SSID, that only I have the password for, which has priority over other usage of the bandwidth. In other words, as I work from home more, I want to prevent XBox / Netflix activity knackering me!

Any thoughts on what I need? I understand that the BT Home Hub can't do this - my historic choice would have been some sort of Draytek Vigor but haven't looked at this area for many years.

[TEKNOPUG]

Any decent third party router should have the ability to place bandwidth limits on any device connected to it.

I have an old ASUS DSL-AC68U and you can set limits, connection times (devices will only connect to internet at selected times), remotely terminate connections, QoS, usage monitor etc.

[Mr Pointy]

The Draytek Knowledgebase is worth a look & has this on the QoS features:

https://www.draytek.co.uk/information/solutions/qu...

It looks as if the question is how to allocate users to the variuos classes (high, medium & low). It would take a bit of digging into the configuration screens but at first glance I'm not sure if you can allocate a particualr SSID to a class (you to class 1, everyone else to class 2). You can do it by IP but that might not be too easy.

[Scooobydont]

Draytek will do it, you VLAN off your new SSID on to a different LAN range and then use QoS to prioritise the VLAN over the rest of the LAN ranges. You can decide how much of the bandwidth you want to use.

[PF62]

miniman said:

In other words, as I work from home more, I want to prevent XBox / Netflix activity knackering me!

Is that really an issue with a normal fibre connection?

[Dashnine]

I doubt using a separate WiFi Network will solve your problem as the WIFi will be faster than your broadband, Your issue is with the broadband bandwidth being used up by the gamers / viewers.

[miniman]

Dashnine said:

I doubt using a separate WiFi Network will solve your problem as the WIFi will be faster than your broadband, Your issue is with the broadband bandwidth being used up by the gamers / viewers.

I guess that’s what I’m looking for - a way to limit a specific SSID to a capped amount - eg 10mb

[Mr Pointy]

miniman said:

Dashnine said:

I doubt using a separate WiFi Network will solve your problem as the WIFi will be faster than your broadband, Your issue is with the broadband bandwidth being used up by the gamers / viewers.

I guess that’s what I’m looking for - a way to limit a specific SSID to a capped amount - eg 10mb

I'm pretty sure you can do that on a Draytek - you allocate a % of the bandwidth to each class. If you can connect at 5GHz then you can force connections to split between 2.4 & 5GHz & use Airtime Fairness to give yourself more connection time:

https://www.draytek.co.uk/information/our-technolo...

[Bikerjon]

You can also do this on a Draytek by enabling bandwidth limits for a selected IP range or addresses. I think this is an easier option than the QOS implementation - which is slightly tricky to setup.