Here’s a quick fix for your lagging Wi-Fi woes.
Tired of your favorite TV show lagging on its stream? Or perhaps you’re always the one dropping out of conference calls with a bad connection?
Oftentimes slow Internet service is tied to “the army of gadgets hogging your Wi-Fi,” as tech expert Kim Komando recently explained to Daily Mail.
But one adjustment to your router can give a sole device or multiple some preferential, “VIP treatment” over the others.
Called quality of service (QoS), it’s a setting that allows users to devote priority to internet bandwidth where they see fit.
Komando, who also a Post columnist, gave a real-life scenario as to how QoS could be allocated.
“If you’d like to prioritize your smart TV for all your favorite shows, it’ll claim internet speed dibs before a Windows update takes over,” she wrote.
“That’s not to say the Windows update will freeze entirely. It’ll still chug along, but at a much slower rate, along with all the other devices that didn’t get the VIP treatment.”
Better routers mean better options to utilize QoS, according to Komando, adding that while it can improve speeds, the trick isn’t a miracle worker.
“The Quality of Service feature won’t miraculously make all devices on your network lightning fast. It still depends on your internet package’s initial speed,” she contined. “Think of QoS as an extra layer of optimization.”
Here’s how Komando recommends activating QoS on major brand routers.
