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Ferra · 04-28-2011, 10:02 AM

I have a slingbox in my house that my gf&family use to watch TV in their home.

However, everytime they use the slingbox, my my network becomes very slow, and it makes gaming nearly impossible (500 ping)
Surfing and downloading is fine tho.

So I was wondering if it is impossible to set the slingbox access to the lowest priority, so that it doesn't affect the gaming speed when someone connect to the slingbox. (I don't mind the slingbox having a lower stream speed & lower quality)
I have a 25Mbps/1Mbps connection and I think that should really be able to handle both gaming + slingbox

Is this something easy to do? What kinds of router and firmware is needed? (I have a Linksys 160N running original firmware)

04-28-2011, 10:02 AM	#1
Ferra I don't like cheese but I love milk! Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Van Posts: 1,980 Thanked 895 Times in 243 Posts Failed 105 Times in 49 Posts	Setting Router Usage & Access Priority? (for slingbox) I have a slingbox in my house that my gf&family use to watch TV in their home. However, everytime they use the slingbox, my my network becomes very slow, and it makes gaming nearly impossible (500 ping) Surfing and downloading is fine tho. So I was wondering if it is impossible to set the slingbox access to the lowest priority, so that it doesn't affect the gaming speed when someone connect to the slingbox. (I don't mind the slingbox having a lower stream speed & lower quality) I have a 25Mbps/1Mbps connection and I think that should really be able to handle both gaming + slingbox Is this something easy to do? What kinds of router and firmware is needed? (I have a Linksys 160N running original firmware)