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Linksys, Xbox360, Bit torrent and a PC walked into a bar..
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<blockquote data-quote="squizzi" data-source="post: 681531" data-attributes="member: 59552"><p>Xbox Live is known for its bandwidth hogging - what speed is your internet? - I really don't believe this really has anything to do with your MAC. Most likely, your roommates upload is set to a incredible high that is effecting your ping (its sucking up the bandwidth not letting you have any to play games on). </p><p></p><p>An easy check, if you have the resources for it is to attempt to play any multiplayer games on your MAC and you don't receive any lag, or to attempt a speed test and see if the difference can be detected there. Your MAC may seem uneffected due to the fact that browsing the network sucks up much less resources then gaming. Xbox Live primarly sucks up a lot of resources because of all the data that is coming in and out of your box, even though these packets can be small, many of them at the same time can clog your network, (ex. VOIP, Speaking with the servers, Sending your Client Data, Downloading the data from the home screen like the news, the recent files etc.) </p><p></p><p>Either way, to end this long ramble ask your roommate to try lowering his upload speed, if your on cable I recommend 15-20kb/s -- this will eliminate bandwidth issues (it does for me) and keep his download at an optimum rate. </p><p></p><p>Try that, let me know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="squizzi, post: 681531, member: 59552"] Xbox Live is known for its bandwidth hogging - what speed is your internet? - I really don't believe this really has anything to do with your MAC. Most likely, your roommates upload is set to a incredible high that is effecting your ping (its sucking up the bandwidth not letting you have any to play games on). An easy check, if you have the resources for it is to attempt to play any multiplayer games on your MAC and you don't receive any lag, or to attempt a speed test and see if the difference can be detected there. Your MAC may seem uneffected due to the fact that browsing the network sucks up much less resources then gaming. Xbox Live primarly sucks up a lot of resources because of all the data that is coming in and out of your box, even though these packets can be small, many of them at the same time can clog your network, (ex. VOIP, Speaking with the servers, Sending your Client Data, Downloading the data from the home screen like the news, the recent files etc.) Either way, to end this long ramble ask your roommate to try lowering his upload speed, if your on cable I recommend 15-20kb/s -- this will eliminate bandwidth issues (it does for me) and keep his download at an optimum rate. Try that, let me know. [/QUOTE]
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