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<<So how can I get Skype to not loose bandwidth when I do something else?>>
kinda depends more on what kinda router you have and what kinda QoS is
in it.
Edmond Rodriguez wrote:
> Can I bring back and old topic? I am running Skype in Linux again for a while, and I noticed if I do anything with my machine while it is running the sound gets screwed up.
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> Skype on Linux is processor hungry (requires 1Ghz), so I changed the priority to the highest, and set my web browser to the lowest. Still issues. Maybe the processor, maybe not.
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> So I ran iftop and watched the bandwidth usage on my DSL (I have a slower DSL). But there seemed to be lots to spare (on average).
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> So I ran my ancient machine to give some separation from processor issues. So skype is on my faster machine, running alone, and a web browser on my old machine, both on the same router. I still get sound issues when loading a big web page, which is I guess because the browser initially is steeling all the bandwidth.
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> I set my router to use "high" priority with Skype in the QOS settings (but my previous experience tells me this is pretty meaningless to set QOS settings on my router).
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> So how can I get Skype to not loose bandwidth when I do something else?
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