Hi smart people,

If I have several computers on my home network and I have not set any explicit QoS rules on my router, how is bandwidth allocated? For example, if computer 1 is downloading a torrent at max speed and a second computer starts a download, how is the bandwidth allocation between the two determined? Thanks!

  • amigan@lemmy.dynatron.meEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    There are a lot of variables that could cause that situation. Were both machines on the same physical link (ethernet vs wifi)? Changes to their RTT could influence it. The only thing I could really add is that you have found the reason QoS mechanisms exist, lol.

    • zzzz@lemmy.worldOP
      51·
      1 year ago

      Yes, I think this must be it. Computer 1 was wifi while computer 2 was wired.

      • amigan@lemmy.dynatron.meEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Yeah. Wifi has more latency than switched ethernet on average (and really bad worst case latency since it is a shared medium, subject to neighboring RF interference that might not even be from the network, and radios try to handle retransmits on their own).