Way to allot bandwith amongst people on a router?

[dRu168]

I was wondering if there is a way to control how much bandwith goes to each person from a router to prevent any one person from hogging all of it. thx =)

[DarkFury]

Wow... you have slowdowns on your network due to downloads? I've never really noticed much on mine. Maybe you just need a fatter pipe. :D

But honestly, I don't know if it is cost effective to do this on a home network... but there are some corporate solutions out there.

[Paymaster]

I did a lot of searching a while back when this was a problem for me. Never did find a solution. If you come up with one, please share it!

[rajatQ2]

From what I know, standard broadband routers do not have that type of capability.

If you were really determined, and didn't want to buy any specialized hardware, i'd look into setting a linux box up as a bridge. That definitely has the functionality which you desire.

Specialized hardware (read: fancier router) would also have that capability, but not sure how much you'd have to spend.

JeffBX could probably suggest a good router.

[Kevster]

You are looking to traffic shape on each port coming into the router so that no one port will excessively utilize the WAN connection, right? The standard broadband routers used for cable and DSL connections do not have this functionality. If you wanted to do this, you'd have to go with a more expensive router solution (meaning Cisco or one of the competition).

Now the real question is: How much are you willing to spend?

[StonedWheat]

Hey check out this open source firmware for Linksys WRT54G/GS. Pretty crazy.

http://www.linksysinfo.org/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=8

[dRu168]

ehh, yea I guess it's not worth it. Guess I gotta do it the old fashioned way of kickin my roomies' asses if they hog all the bandwidth. =P

[DarkFury]

ehh, yea I guess it's not worth it. Guess I gotta do it the old fashioned way of kickin my roomies' asses if they hog all the bandwidth. =P
Sounds like a good plan to me....

Or if you are in control of the router, unplug his wire or block his MAC addy in the wireless setup. :D

[BrewMaster]

Sounds like a good plan to me....

Or if you are in control of the router, unplug his wire or block his MAC addy in the wireless setup. :D

this only works if you are bigger than the other roommates. i had a roommate who weighed about 75 pounds less than me. i got all the bandwidth i wanted...

[DarkFury]

this only works if you are bigger than the other roommates. i had a roommate who weighed about 75 pounds less than me. i got all the bandwidth i wanted...
Become proficient in weaponry and martial arts...

That would be an equalizer. :hihi:

[sho.gun]

I do it for free :)

well granted you have an old aging computer you're not using. There are many linux "gateway" distros out there that will turn an old computer with 2 network cards into a full blown router. Currently, I am using clarkconnect (www.clarkconnect.com) and it's been working flawlessly and I'm quite happy with it.

Not only it's capable of limiting download/upload speeds by ip, it also packs a ton of other features: file server (samba), web server, vpn gateway, etc. It does have some learning curve to install and set up but everything was pretty straightforward.

also check out:
www.ipcop.org
www.smoothwall.org

[DarkFury]

Update:

Looks like you are in luck if you own a Linksys router... StonedWheat touched on this earlier, however the current issue of Maximum PC has an article in it that deals with upgrading your wi-fi router.

In this article, they talk about "bandwidth shaping" (i.e. being able to control how much bandwidth each of your users have access to). One of the places mention was Sveasoft (www.sveasoft.com) which was in the link that StonedWheat provided earlier.. however they charge $20 for a full year of upgrades.

Another option given was at OpenWRT (www.openwrt.org) which is free and also includes bandwidth shaping along with some other features.

Pretty much if you are still wanting to do this, go check out page 18 of the latest MaximumPC magazine and/or go visit those 2 websites mentioned above (if you have a Linksys router that is...)

BTW... just a warning. If you do decide to update your Linksys router with one of these programs, it probably will void out your Linksys warranty. So proceed at your own risk. Good luck. :wavey:

[dRu168]

Update:

Looks like you are in luck if you own a Linksys router... StonedWheat touched on this earlier, however the current issue of Maximum PC has an article in it that deals with upgrading your wi-fi router.

In this article, they talk about "bandwidth shaping" (i.e. being able to control how much bandwidth each of your users have access to). One of the places mention was Sveasoft (www.sveasoft.com) which was in the link that StonedWheat provided earlier.. however they charge $20 for a full year of upgrades.

Another option given was at OpenWRT (www.openwrt.org) which is free and also includes bandwidth shaping along with some other features.

Pretty much if you are still wanting to do this, go check out page 18 of the latest MaximumPC magazine and/or go visit those 2 websites mentioned above (if you have a Linksys router that is...)

BTW... just a warning. If you do decide to update your Linksys router with one of these programs, it probably will void out your Linksys warranty. So proceed at your own risk. Good luck. :wavey:


haha nice man. sucks i didn't check this thread earlier, but I think i'll look into it now :) :)
:cheers:

[DarkFury]

Heh.. no problem. Good luck.

Maximum PC Magazine is DA BOMB!!! :thumb: