Allocate Bandwidth To Devices - NETGEAR XR500 Nighthawk User Manual

Allocate Bandwidth to Devices

Some devices on your network need more bandwidth than others. For example, a device that you use for
gaming or media streaming requires more bandwidth than a device that is mostly used for browsing and
emails. You can allocate a percentage of the total router bandwidth to each of the devices on your network.
Doing so guarantees bandwidth for a device when it needs it.
You can set different allocations for upload and download bandwidths.
By default, the router automatically allocates excess (unused) bandwidth to a device that needs it. Although
we do not recommend it, you can disable this option so that the router does not share unused bandwidth
across your network and the bandwidth that you allocate to each device is the maximum bandwidth that the
device can use.
To allocate bandwidth to devices:
1. Launch a web browser from a computer or mobile device that is connected to the router network.
2. Enter http://www.routerlogin.net.
A login window opens.
3. Enter the router admin user name and password.
The user name is admin. The password is the one that you specified the first time that you logged in.
The user name and password are case-sensitive.
The Dashboard displays.
4. Select QoS.
The Bandwidth Allocation pane displays a graph that shows the devices on the router network. By
default, each device is allocated an equal share of the router bandwidth, expressed by a number in a
white circle that is associated with a device.
5. To allocate download bandwidth to devices, do the following in the Bandwidth Allocation pane:
a. Above the graph, select the Download radio button.
By default, this radio button is selected. The Bandwidth Allocation pane shows as the Bandwidth
Allocation - Download pane.
b. For each device to which you want to allocate download bandwidth, move the associated white
circle to the bandwidth percentage that you want to allocate.
As you move the white circle, the download percentages in the white circles for other devices change.
CAUTION:
c. Click the UDATE DISTRIBUTION button.
The allocated download bandwidths take effect.
6. To allocate upload bandwidth to devices, do the following in the Bandwidth Allocation pane:
Customize Quality of Service Settings and Optimize Gaming
XR500 Nighthawk Pro Gaming Router
If you allocate 100 percent to one device, you effectively disable
other devices. If you allocate 0 percent to one device, you
effectively disable the device.
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