Hi all,
I have NBN Fibre 100mbps / 40mbps (300GB - 150 peak / 150 off-peak)
Modem/router is Audiocodes MP264
I have an HTC One M7 (rooted) and Galaxy Note Edge (no root)
I need to limit the speed of WIFI that is usable on the handsets as the kids waste the data watching Youtube in 1080p all the time. (so other apps too)
The modem is useless in setting QoS or Traffic Shapping, it cant be done.
Easy option is to change the WIFIs 802.11 to b or g and then the WIFI is only putting out to the devices about 7mbps-15mbps or there abouts rather than the much higher speeds n will provide.
Issues when using b or g is that the Samsung TV and the wifes iPhone will also be restricted.
Is there an application that will restrict WIFI download bandwidth directly on the devices either via a firewall or a WIFI manager app?
All I have been able to find is firewalls that allow or stop internet traffic, or WIFI managers that restrict uploads or tethering.
Can someone suggest any apps that can rate limit the WIFI on the device directly?
Or, is there a Youtube app that you can set the default playback resolution to something low (the official youtube app always goes 1080p via my WIFI)
Thank you
NVM - I have now found OGYouTube - this appears to be working fine, can limit both mobile and WIFI data by default - set to 360p (will use 240p if im feeling real harsh)
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Hey guys, I apologize if this has been posted elsewhere. Basically, I'm having an issue with data transfer rates over both Wifi and EVDO. The maximum transfer rate I seem to be able to pull out of my Touch Pro is ~65 KB/s over BOTH my home Wifi connection (which gives me speeds of up to ~600 KB/s through convention CPU use) and EVDO (my "theoretical bandwidth is much higher than ~500kbps or 50-65 KB/s I am getting).
The questions are :
1) Is this the type of speed I should be expecting with a mobile device?
2) If so, is it due to the file system speed/cpu speed/etc?
3) If NOT, are there tweaks (akin to, for example, increasing the receive window/MTU on a PC) that will increase my speed?
Although I do transfer files over my home network, and achieving the ability to transfer at 54mbps would be nice, I am more concerned with my internet file transfer speeds!
Any help would be greatly appreciated...
bumped...because i know someone out there must know the answers
I just want to add my voice to this comment in case it's related. I can't speak for EVDO but I seem to have odd rate limiting issues over WLAN.
Streaming video over WLAN I average about 700kbps except for the occasional burst to 4500kbps while buffering (using TCPMP).
Watching youtube videos I get a pretty steady 100kbps (way better than the 64kbps limit I get while active synced).
Using NATF 2.3 ROM with fixed video drivers.
Surprised there isn't more input here. I have the same issues in that I basically get faster connectivity from 3G than wifi..why is that?
Wifi performance is so bad I can barely watch my slingbox over wifi or even complete a VoIP call without significant breakup due to lost packets.
I decided to root my phone (galaxy S5) and downloaded the Wi-Fi tether router from the play store. I recently got a message saying " You've used 100% of the paid high speed data on your T-mobile plan. Your Smartphone Mobile Hotspot speed will now be limited to 128 kbps until 09/23/2015. Smartphone data will still be at full speeds. My laptop connects at full speed when using a vpn. Last month it also would work using a user agent and the console would be unaffected for some reason this month T-mobile has found a way to stop it. The console will obtain the IP address, internet connection is successful but the download speed says 128 kbps making everything unplayable. My APN and router settings are all correct and I don't know what to do. This is my only means of playing online or enjoying Netflix plz help me.
Hmmm
The ps store and friends list load slow but I can play games without lag for some reason
Same Problem here. The issue is you can use a user-agent switcher for the pc to hide tethering but not for the PS4. There is no way to hide it so Tmob ALWAYS knows you are tethering your PS4....ie data gone...
Anyone tried Moonlight game streaming (aka NVIDIA GameStream) on their U11?
Long story short, the U11 seems to have issues streaming over WiFi where other lesser Android phones do not.
1) No matter what the bitrate, I get constant stuttering and the audio is very choppy on the U11.
2) My AC1900 network pushes well over 200Mbps with 3ms latency on speed tests on the phone.
2) It DOES work perfectly with a USB ethernet adapter. I can set set Moonlight to 1080p 60fps @ 40Mbps and it streams fine - no audio issues, no frame drops.
3) My Surface 4 (Moonlight Chrome plugin) and Nexus 5X (!) (same Moonlight Android app), can stream nearly perfectly at at least 20Mbps on the same network.
4) Even a crappy Moto E streams pretty smoothly @ 10Mbps on 2.4Ghz!.
So to me this clearly seems like a WiFi latency issue specifically with the U11....
I've tried:
1) Both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz bands, same result.
2) 2 different AC1900 routers, same result.
3) Enabled "High performance mode" in developer options, same result.
What I'm wondering is, what happened to the "WiFi optimization" setting on the phone - did that get removed in the Oreo update?
Has anyone encountered something similar - wondering if maybe someone on a non-stock ROM/kernel has any different experiences?
I'm mostly just pissed that it works perfectly fine on other Android phones, but not the U11.
EDIT: Factory reset the phone and it resolved the issue.
Try an app called boost+ by htc. You might ha e too many programs battling for ram.
Try checking your Internet settings. Most carriers won't let you change this but a speed testing app might help find the bottleneck.
Try an app called adguard. Lots and lots of adservers run in the background without you knowing. Even when offline they still keep pinging and retrying until they get a connection. Adguard will blackhole them.
High performance mode shouldn't be necessary as when off battery saver it runs at full tilt anyway. When you play on data plan deactivate wifi completely. That will stop the phone constantly pinging wifi.
Does anyone know how the T-Mobile Binge On (streaming of video and music without using up your high speed data allotment) when tethering? I am using a dedicated phone with 2GB of high speed data that is permanently tethered to a router in my home out in the country. Right now I can play music directly from that phone over bluetooth to a received and I'm pretty sure that's fine. However I'd like to add a smart tv on that wifi and/or chromecast from the phone to that TV (i think the latter case still has the tv do the video streaming). The question is, will T-mo consider that data as part of Binge On or will it go against my high speed usage? If latter, any way around it? I'm fine with getting the reduced quality content if it doesn't burn up my high speed data bucket.
When using Android as a Hotspot to stream video on Roku both devices want to run at max rate and eat up all monthly data. I would like to limit the data rate of the hotspot. Suppose I have a 10GB / month plan and limit my data rate to 2 Mbps then I can get 10,000*8/(2*3600) = 11.1 hours instead of 2 hours with Roku and phone running at the max rate. I can barely tell the difference in video quality.
I can't find the setting in Android to set this rate. I can only find the settings for the amount of data used. That doesn't help. I saw online a post showing an Android hotspot rate setting but I can't find what version of Android it is in or if it was a rooted version.
Overall, please post which flavor of Android allows the hotspot max data rate to be set by the user.
I found a solution. Buy a router that allows tethering and has QoS shaping control. Problem solved.