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Does my wifi suck or is it my router (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Currently i have my router on the other side of the house and i can get a consistent 215mb down and 95mb upload but this is only when im the only one using the internet but i can sometimes drop down to 50 down and like 15 upload. When ever im not the only one using the internet two people are streaming onto tv's and someone is using it to play games and running a speed test gives me 150mb download but in game i get 100 ping and using google is basically impossible. Plus a weird problem thats not related to this but there are days where no one is using the internet but it just like to drop to 10mbps and back up to 150mbps and back down to 10mbps sometimes even 0.1mbps.

I think we have the router that our provider sent to and its a tm-ac1900 that we had for years and im trying to figure out is my internet plan bad or is my router too old and needs to be upgraded.

Sorry if this is a lot but if anyone can tell me some fixes or to figure out whats happening. If it is my router can someone tell me some good routers that can do really well for 4 people while two people are streaming videos of tv's for a reasonable price.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Technically, it's somewhat expected as Airtime is shared so one at a time, and if one of your client is slower, you have to wait for that one to finish.

So more using, more you lose the speed is a norm.

Now can you do better? The answer is yes. That's why there are expensive routers with better QoS, or high density prosumer/enterprise access points to handle multiple connection better.