Watching blue iris over network killing my WAN speeds

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Hello.

When i have a browser open with blueiris and i am watching my cams on another pc im losing about 300mpbs once i close it i gain the additional 300.

Only reason why i found this out i have been troubleshooting to see why i cant reach full gigabit speeds over my router i came across that discovery ive confirmed multiple times. am i viewing my cams the wrong way? i am using the static ip i gave the pc for blueiris.
 

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Not sure I understand. Are you viewing bi locally or remotely ?
I assume you are using ui3
Is the bi PC connected to directly to the router?
What are you using to calculate / determine you speed.

I normal see only about 600 mbits/ sec on a gigabit network.
 
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Not sure I understand. Are you viewing bi locally or remotely ?
I assume you are using ui3
Is the bi PC connected to directly to the router?
What are you using to calculate / determine you speed.

I normal see only about 600 mbits/ sec on a gigabit network.

I am unsure what Ui3 is

The computer is connected to a switch.

I am not viewing this remotely i am viewing this on the network.

I am running multiple spored test

directly connected to the modem i get 948 mbps

connecting to my network i get 500 to 600

when i have cams open in my browser on the network ( i portforward ) i got about 200-30
 

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I am unsure what Ui3 is

The computer is connected to a switch.

I am not viewing this remotely i am viewing this on the network.

I am running multiple spored test

directly connected to the modem i get 948 mbps

connecting to my network i get 500 to 600

when i have cams open in my browser on the network ( i portforward ) i got about 200-30
Your router doesn’t have enough power to keep up Also your only as fast as your slowest link in the chain sounds like you have Cable modem —-> router —-> switch ... your isp speed will ALWAYS be faster when connecting to the cable modem directly.... also don’t ever fordward ports huge security risk
 

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Your router doesn’t have enough power to keep up Also your only as fast as your slowest link in the chain sounds like you have Cable modem —-> router —-> switch ... your isp speed will ALWAYS be faster when connecting to the cable modem directly.... also don’t ever fordward ports huge security risk
Ive down many variable test, like disconnecting the switch completley and still missing a couple hundred mbps. Now let me as you this on the port forwarding, how should i do it if i wanted to view my cams on another computer on my networl?
 

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Ive down many variable test, like disconnecting the switch completley and still missing a couple hundred mbps. Now let me as you this on the port forwarding, how should i do it if i wanted to view my cams on another computer on my networl?
To view cameras use a vpn.. you need a better router ..check out the wiki
 

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This is the router i have you dont think this one is good enough?
You dont need a new router. The network resources used by the webserver pushing video is limited to what you set the max bitrate to in the webserver profile. Even unrestricted, it would never use this much bandwidth, so something else is going on. Regardless, unless you are pushing crazy files over your network, its really irrelevant.
 
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You dont need a new router. The network resources used by the webserver pushing video is limited to what you set the max bitrate to in the webserver profile. Even unrestricted, it would never use this much bandwidth, so something else is going on. Regardless, unless you are pushing crazy files over your network, its really irrelevant.
Whats weird is that as soon as i close the browser i gain 200 -300 mpbs from streaming my camera to my pc. I its not a one time thing i tried it over 15 times with browser open and then closed and results are always the same it is dicing the hell out of my WAN
 

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Ok what is it at when using the switch no cameras

Do you have QOS on ??
Its still about 600ish which is weird i can maybe squeeze up to high 6s and low 7s every onece and a while. Yes QOS Disabled, i go ta lot of stuff disabled in the router options.

Port Forwarding cant slow things down can it? I also left the default 192 and went to the 10. ( dont think that matters)
 

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Port Forwarding cant slow things down can it?
I'm still confused as how port-forwarding factors in to this. If you're in the same house, on the same network as the Blue Iris PC, you shouldn't need to use port forwarding to watch them.

Port forwarding only uses bandwidth when someone has port-forwarded in. Simply enabling port forwarding on your router shouldn't slow things down. When someone actually connects via port forwarding and starts streaming is when bandwidth would start to be used.
 

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I'm still lost how port-forwarding factors in to this. If you're in the same house, on the same network as the Blue Iris PC, you shouldn't need to use port forwarding to watch them.

Port forwarding only uses bandwidth when someone is watching. Simply enabling port forwarding on your router shouldn't slow things down. When someone actually connects via port forwarding and starts streaming is when bandwidth would start to be used.

my bad the port forwarding is for me to see when i am not home.
 

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my bad the port forwarding is for me to see when i am not home.
Gotcha. Just wanted to make sure that while you were viewing inside your house that you're connecting to your BI server's local IP address (usually 192.168.something.something), not the extra IP address that's been setup to port forward through.
 

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What i do have is when motion happens i get texted with the image. i dont know if that has anything to do with it.
 

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What i do have is when motion happens i get texted with the image. i dont know if that has anything to do with it.
The image is pretty small so it should happen so quickly that you wouldn't notice it in a bandwidth test.
 
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