I'm sharing my internet connection, and it's killing me.

Everytime I wanna go on Live, I have to worry about other people cruising the net so I don't get lagged out. We share a Linksy's wired router, and a Alcatel speed touch modem. I use to just disconnect their cords from the router to free up the connection, but I don't wanna do anymore fist fighting. I'm not very keen on this issue and the alternatives...any suggestions? I don't live with my parents either, so don't tell me to move out of the house.

Does your router support quality of service? its a feature that spreads the bandwidth evenly.DopeyDavoid

I'm not sure, I'll have to check. Can you cite one that does? Sounds interesting...

is it YOUR router or YOUR internet, if you pay for either or both of these(by yourself), just tell them to **** off, if you and your roommates pay(ed) for them together.....well idk sorryFOSyay

The router is 100% mine... The internet is a different story.

Well, I have a router as well and I never lag to badly and my family is always on, how good is your internet? Try resetting your router and settings if your having connection problems.RushMetallica

As mentioned before, QoS (Quality of Service) is a feature of most routers. What it can do is prioritize certain ports/devices so they don't get slowed down by other users on the network. It may not work great, but it's worth a shot (didn't make much of a difference for me).

Since you have a Linksys, I'll mention the steps to get there*:

1) Log into router configuration page (default: http://192.168.1.1)
2) Go to "Applications and Gaming"
3) Subheading "QoS"
4) Configure

You'll get best results if you're connected via ethernet cable to the router. Also, Linksys' firmware is generally basic and not very customizable - so 3rd party firmwares such as DD-WRT work even better (especially for QoS). Good luck.

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* Based off mine; Linksys WRT54GS

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if you buy a wireless router to connect to your modem so they can jump on the wireless router while you

connect directly to the modem