Bandwidth in a network refers to the rate of data transfer. Consider that more than four computers use your router’s network. Now, when one computer uses a high-bandwidth application, there is a chance for other computers to get affected. To avoid this issue, you can configure how to allocate bandwidth on TP-Link router.
The section below explains how to configure Bandwidth Control on the TP-Link router.
- First, connect your computer to the TP-Link router’s network.
- Open a web browser on your computer.
- In the address field, type the URL address of the TP-Link router.
- On the Login dialog box, enter your TP-Link router credentials.
- Click the Login button.
- Go to the Bandwidth Control-Control Settings menu.
- Make sure to select the Enable Bandwidth Control option.
- Select the Line Type of your Modem.
- Enter the Egress Bandwidth and Ingress Bandwidth value in the respective fields.
- Click the Save button.
- To configure the Bandwidth rule, click the Bandwidth Control option followed by Rules List. In this section, you can see the existing Bandwidth Control rule. To add a new Bandwidth rule, click the Add New button.
- Fill the IP Range, Port Range, Protocol, Egress Bandwidth, and Ingress Bandwidth fields correctly. Finally, click the Save button.
- Make sure to allocate the bandwidth rate according to the demand of the clients.
- On the Bandwidth Control Settings screen, select the Enable Bandwidth Control option by clicking the checkbox beside it.
- If your modem type is ADSL, then click the radio button beside it.
- If not, select Other.
- Similarly, set the Egress and Ingress Bandwidth value.
- Finally, click the Save button.
That’s it! Now, we discussed how to allocate bandwidth on TP link router settings.