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My modem/router is NetComm Wireless NF12. PC 1 is a HTPC running Windows 8.1 and is connected to the modem/router via CAT6 ethernnet. PC 2 is running Windows 7 and is connected to the modem/router via 2 x TL-PA211 EOP adaptors (www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/?model=TL-PA211). Both PCs are on the same network.
Often someone is using PC 2 and will play a video from PC 1. If however, at the same time there is a file being transferred from PC 2 to PC 1 then the video being played with stop/stutter and jump around.
What settings can I look at to make the video file play correctly? It looks like the QoS settings only impacts WAN traffic.
rlsaj
Posted 2016-10-23T02:14:25.143
Reputation: 183
Are the two PCs on the same network? – Ron Maupin – 2016-10-23T02:24:39.673
Yes, both are on the same network. – rlsaj – 2016-10-23T02:28:34.390
1Since they are both on the same network, then the traffic doesn't go through the router. Routers route between networks, not from a network to the same network. The traffic is passing through a bridge (layer-2), not a router (layer-3). There are business class switches (bridges) which can do a little bit of QoS, but it is pretty minimal. Real QoS happens on router queues. – Ron Maupin – 2016-10-23T02:32:00.250
Ron is right. Hard-wired connections have data passing through a layer-2 switch, not – bwDraco – 2016-10-23T02:34:00.443