[manu08]

Is there any way to make Firefox prioritize itself for network bandwidth so while surfing the internet it hogs the network bandwidth as much as possible over other programs accessing the internet through the network? My notebook is running Windows Vista Home Premium and I have Firefox 2.0.0.11.

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This is usually an option in your router and wouldn't be something that you set in Windows yourself.

[Neil Jones]

This is usually an option in your router and wouldn't be something that you set in Windows yourself.

[manu08]

What if I'm in a university network where I cannot access the firewall/access point etc.
Doesn't the OS have an option for it if Firefox itself doesn't?

[Neil Jones]

No.

This is an issue you'll have to take up with the IT department of your University and I'm loathe to say too much because the campus IT/Internet policy of your University will probably be the final word on the subject anyway.

[manu08]

Lol. I think you might have misunderstood my question. I don't want to do anything against the policies of my university. I just want it to be like, if I'm using the wireless and let's say three applications are using the internet; Firefox, Windows Live Messenger & Skype, then I'd want Firefox to use about 60% of the bandwidth available for my computer, and the remaining 40% to be distributed between the remaining applications; Skype & Windows Live Messenger. I'm not trying to get 'extra' bandwidth than what is available but only distribute the bandwidth available more efficiently between the applications as per my requirements. I'd rather browse websites faster & closing other applications accessing the internet to do that every time can kinda get annoying.

[Major Payne]

Three or four apps accessing the 'Net at the same time should not be slowing you down. Factors affecting this are many, but depends on your own computer, number of behind the scene processes running, the number of students accessing your University's network at any one time and the amount of bandwidth (BW) available at those times of peak activity, etc.. Assigning percentage of BW for apps by priority is not possible as each app accessing the 'Net will use what BW it needs to accomplish the job. The less BW, all other factors being equal, the "slower" your PC will be accessing the 'Net.

Ron

Edited by Major Payne, 11 December 2007 - 04:58 PM.

[keithr128]

You should take a look at Kelvin's guide to make Firefox faster. LINK-------->