Macbook + iPhone on same wireless network question

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Roger - 02 Jul 2009 23:57 GMT

This is really a wireless question; my wife just got an iphone and I've
noticed any time it's online in the house it hogs the bandwith to the
point my MacBook can't even load a site. We have a Netgear wireless
router (basic model)--is there a workaround or setting for a typical
wireless router that will allow both to function simultaneously?

Tx again everyone,
Rog

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Simon Slavin - 03 Jul 2009 21:32 GMT

> This is really a wireless question; my wife just got an iphone and
> I've noticed any time it's online in the house it hogs the bandwith
> to the point my MacBook can't even load a site. We have a Netgear
> wireless router (basic model)--is there a workaround or setting for
> a typical wireless router that will allow both to function
> simultaneously?

If the iPhone is actually /using/ the WiFi network, e.g. by watching a
video stream or downloading a big application, then no: there's no way
to limit how much of the WiFi bandwidth it can use. A basic WiFi
routerdoes not have bandwidth-management settings.

If your iPhone is just connecting to the WiFi and should not be
actively using the connection then something is wrong. It should not,
of its own accord, be hogging the bandwidth unless it has something to
do with it. Try turning off each Push and constant update feature as a
test to figureout which one is causing it to create so much traffic.

Simon.

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