Hi all - I’m on ultrafast plus with lots of devices and need to manage bandwiths

[Rayster123]

Looking for a solution please. Single user so lots of potential bandwitch but I have a lot of devices connected which won't need or use a lot of bandwith (60+ hue lights for example). The devices I do need bandwith for struggle against this and often get a lot of buffering and take ages to load. I want to manage so the lights etc only use a bit of the bandwith to free up for my phone, iPad, sky tv, work computer. Games consoles are all hardwired so not an issue. Can't be rocket science and was thinking qos / buying another router. Any suggestions please to keep it simple. I don't have a personal laptop so configuration through iPad best. The world of routers is an unknown to me so suggestion gratefully received. Thanks all  

[Chrisee]

@Rayster123 there are a number of  options but replacing the Sky hub with a new router could be sensible as the hubs are designed for average domestic networks so will run out of power on larger networks with say more than 30 clients (assume your Philips Hue lights connect via their hub so count as 1) You can potentially connect many routers directly to the ONT but you will lose the Sky voice line.

Assuming that is not a problem the range from. Asus are widely used as they support Sky's line authentication requirments which are support for DHCPv4 Option 61. You will find walk throughs for connecting various mode;s if you search the forum. They can be set up using a browser or in some cases an app so an iPad should be fine. Do some research to see which one you prefer and forum members can advise on thecchoice.

QOS prioritises traffic for high priority functions like gaming or streaming video and should allow you to segment the bandwidth which will help. Given these are not cheap the processing power is greater so that should stop being the bottle neck. 

However if you have Sky Q mini boxes these cannot be connected to third party wifi so they either need to be connected by ethernet or to a closed 5GHz signal from your main Q box - that will connect but only by using the 2.4GHz band - and the Q boxes will no longer act as wifi hotspots.

Hope thst helps.

[Rayster123]

Thanks so much. I find the forum really confusing to search. Don't mind spending say 120 quid on a router so if you can send me a recommendation I'll just buy that.  I have sky q mini box in bedroom. I have old power line adaptors so am guessing I can use one of those out of the back of the new router to create a hardwired connection to the mini q in the bedroom -  as I don't really follow the bit about using the main q box as a link. Many thanks. Ray

[Rayster123]

Thanks for earlier. After a bit of research I'm just buying this https://www.asus.com/networking-iot-servers/wifi-routers/asus-gaming-routers/rt-ax82u/

happy to report back for others. Laptopsdirect have it 50 quid cheaper than currys with next day delivery. Fingers crossed