Airtime fairness
Enabled by default on many routers, it deprioritises the device asking for a steady stream in favour of bursty traffic.
QoS presets
Generic gaming presets often classify video as bulk traffic. Build a manual rule for the streaming box instead.
Band steering
Band steering can move your box mid-stream. Pin the box to one band with a separate SSID if your firmware allows it.
Written by
Kwame Osei
Kwame tests playlists and players at scale and documents every failure mode he hits along the way.
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