Can I throttle my own connection?
I have Ultimate 500 connection but some of my devices are data hogs which results in data overages. I have a panoramic gateway. Is it possible to manually throttle a specific device on my network?
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Not with the panoramic gateway. Why are the specific devices data hogs? Is that anything you can adjust? You could install a 10/100Mb switch between your gateway and the "hogs" which would physically throttle them to 100Mbps. You could also bridge the gateway and buy your own router that has QoS to limit the total bandwidth, not just speed.
The hogs are my Rokus. So streaming seems to be more than 40% of the total data consumption. I was hoping I could limit the bandwidth to those devices since most streaming services have a sort of rolling quality based on the connection speed. I'm not looking to change my streaming habits, but I'm also too cheap to pay such a crazy rip-off amount for more data allowance from Cox. I may try looking into what you advised about the switch since most of the data is from streaming.
The hogs are my Rokus.
AFAIK Rokus only have 10/100Mb ethernet ports anyway, so I don't think a 10/100Mbps switch would throttle much. I believe bridging the gateway and using your own router is the best option.
