Xbox live internet priority

Hello Everyone,
I am wondering if anyone can give me information on how to make it so that my xbox has more internet priority than my computers while i am playing xbox live. I want to make it so that when i am playing xbox and using p2p software that my computer's internet speed will take the hit instead of my xbox connection lagging while i am playing online games. Let me know if you can help me. Thanks!
Ryan

Hello Ryan!
All you need is to access the set up page of your linksys router. I suppose you have a wrt54g router? if so, you can do this:
Go to applications and gaming tab of the router. input the mac address of your xbox. set priority to high or highest, then save the settings.

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