Hi All,
I notice since i got my PS5 that my home internet slowed down. While like the majority of us, I work from home and I notice while i am working on my laptop and my kids use the PS5 for just streaming through Netflix or Disney, my internet connection will starts to disconnect and slow down to 1 or 2 Mbps.
This didn't make sense to me at first as i usually have 100 Mbps speed.
I called Optus to troubleshoot and the technician asked me some question like how many devices connected to the router which i told him around 7 then he asked me, do you have a PS5 which shocked me.
I answered yes where he told me, we getting a lot of complaints from PS5 owners having slow internet during the use of the PS5 in general.
He asked me to test it by disconnecting the PS5 from the network and check if the problem still occur. After doing that my network restored perfectly and no disconnection at all!!
He suggested that I might need to look for other modems options but they can't recommend any.
I start searching on the net and found some people were experiencing the same issue and some resolved it by buying a better modem like the Netgear Nighthawk.
Anyone had similar experience? Why does the PS5 causing this issue?
you need Quality of Service (QoS) feature. some routers have this feature.
It will allow you to configure the router to prioritize your traffic over the ps5