I'm having a twofold problem. As of the past few months, our internet has been slow for certain users and fine for others. (We have been having general connectivity issues as well, but those are only relevant to Comcast technicians) In general, wired connections to the router are fine. But wireless connectivity is dreadfully slow - even only 15 feet away from the router. However, the signal has to pass through two walls worth of material (some of it stone) to reach the laptops. I attributed it to the old router dying out, and bought a brand-new D-Link DIR-655. The three external antennas on the router are placed to allow for optimal omnidirectional signal. Now we get full signal on our laptops in the old "dead" zone, but connectivity is still slow.
Meanwhile, when I set up the new router, I fiddled around with QoS. The intent was to prioritize my gaming traffic (League of Legends, specifically) so that when things were being torrented full-throttle on another wired computer, I would not lag out. It didn't seem to help.
Fast forward to today, when someone confronted me about my seemingly greedy permission settings. A roommate claimed that I was keeping all the bandwidth for myself, because my computer's IP address had priority 1 on the QoS table. As this was not the case, I attempted to explain my understanding of QoS: as far as I'm aware, QoS doesn't go into effect unless all the available bandwidth is being used. When the max bandwidth threshold is reached (ours is rated at 25 Mbps), then QoS goes into effect. It will prioritize the lowest number on the table (1, then 2, and so on) and then move on to other clients, making sure that the lowest numbered client's packets get sent out first. If, for example, the users are using 15 out of 25 Mbps of the available bandwidth, then QoS does not go into effect.
I have two questions, the first of which is the most important:
-Is this understanding right? My roommate has taken to trying to make me out to be the scumbag. If my understanding is right, please help me explain it in a different way so I can solve some of the tension between us. If it's wrong, please help me understand.
-How can I increase wireless speeds? I know there's a bunch of interference (in the form of a wall) between the router and the aforementioned room, but signal strength is excellent...why are speeds slow? The router is set to mixed mode 802.11g/n (for old devices, including a Nintendo DS Lite), Auto channel selection, and WEP security (for old devices again).
Many, many thanks in advance.
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