control internet speeds?

dynoman · 05-31-2007, 08:55 PM

I have a linksys router hooked up to my modem and three devices hooked up to my router(PC1 PC2 xbox). I was wondering if I can somehow control the download speeds of each device. Is there someway I can set a speed limit for each device?

[-0MEGA-] · 05-31-2007, 09:06 PM

Not that I know of, but with some Linksys routers you can set priority to each device. So if your worried about not having enough bandwidth for yourself, you can set your PC to have the highest priority.

I've found that this obviously doesnt work 100%, but it does improve my latency and download speeds when someone else on the network is downloading or uploading photos.

hotchevymanzach · 06-01-2007, 02:10 AM

yes you can not 100% but ne way go to 168.192.1.1 and if you havent used to online setup before the password should be admin if you have then you obviously know it, login go to application and gaming and here is a pic of the settings i have mine set as port #1 but youll want to make the changes to the port you r using hope it helps if you need ne more help just drop a line

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p...anzach/QoS.jpg

RoBo07 · 06-01-2007, 05:02 PM

Use QoS which sould prioritise games and web browsing.

tlarkin · 06-01-2007, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by RoBo07

Use QoS which sould prioritise games and web browsing.

yup QoS for the win, thats how you do it. You can restrict bandwidth and access by MAC address of the nic on each client machine.

heyman421 · 06-01-2007, 05:23 PM

there's a program called net limiter that actually lets you shape network access speeds

http://www.netlimiter.com/

tlarkin · 06-01-2007, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by heyman421

there's a program called net limiter that actually lets you shape network access speeds

http://www.netlimiter.com/

yeah but that would have to be installed and configured on each client machine, software is not the answer. Especially if your router supports QoS, which most do these days.

heyman421 · 06-01-2007, 05:31 PM

it gives control on a program by program basis, tho

so you could, for instance, limit gnutella traffic, while allowing internet and e-mail to remain uncapped

i agree it's overkill for a home user

i think it's more geared toward businesses, to keep people from hogging traffic for non-productivity apps, and monitor people's bandwidth usage

it would still be neat, tho. might be neat to actually figure out how to split the cable bill with my roomate each month (altough if that was the case, ID be paying for 99% of it

)

tlarkin · 06-01-2007, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by heyman421

it gives control on a program by program basis, tho

So does QoS. You can give your bit torrent client carte blanch if you want to, or limit it, and you can even set times of the day where the limits change. Like let bittorrent eat all bandwidth from 3 am to 7 am every day.

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so you could, for instance, limit gnutella traffic, while allowing internet and e-mail to remain uncapped

so does QoS

Quote:

i agree it's overkill for a home user

i think it's more geared toward businesses, to keep people from hogging traffic for non-productivity apps, and monitor people's bandwidth usage

it would still be neat, tho. might be neat to actually figure out how to split the cable bill with my roomate each month (altough if that was the case, ID be paying for 99% of it

)

There are many ways to accomplish this, setting up a proxy server with authentication (squid proxy) and then limiting each user a cap on bandwidth....problem solved.

The problem is, that a lot of home consumer routers don't have the robust QoS, so you may have to look into third party firmware like from www.dd-wrt.com

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hotchevymanzach banned Join Date: May 2007 Location: lima OHIO Posts: 83	yes you can not 100% but ne way go to 168.192.1.1 and if you havent used to online setup before the password should be admin if you have then you obviously know it, login go to application and gaming and here is a pic of the settings i have mine set as port #1 but youll want to make the changes to the port you r using hope it helps if you need ne more help just drop a line http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p...anzach/QoS.jpg

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heyman421 banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,349	there's a program called net limiter that actually lets you shape network access speeds http://www.netlimiter.com/

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heyman421 banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,349	it gives control on a program by program basis, tho so you could, for instance, limit gnutella traffic, while allowing internet and e-mail to remain uncapped i agree it's overkill for a home user i think it's more geared toward businesses, to keep people from hogging traffic for non-productivity apps, and monitor people's bandwidth usage it would still be neat, tho. might be neat to actually figure out how to split the cable bill with my roomate each month (altough if that was the case, ID be paying for 99% of it )