router problem

[Ashley Benton]

Did you try to configure the router?


On Jan 18, 2008 3:09 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> On 01/18/2008 12:28 AM, Chris Lemire wrote:
> > I'm sharing the internet with someone else through a router.
> > Everything is fine except once in a while, I'd like to play games
> > such as Quake 4 in Linux or Call of Duty 4. My ping is so horrible,
> > it irritates me and others to play on servers. I have full access to
> > the router, what I'd like to do is give gaming priority over all the
> > torrent downloads going on by the other computer to cause lag and
> > high ping with gaming servers. Is there any other solution besides
> > unplugging his internet temporarily from the other computer? I've
> > already tried that and usually get sleepy and forget to plug it back
> > in. Thanks for your time.
>
> Sure, buy a router that provides QoS (Quality of Service) where you can
> set port/application priorities.
>
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