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I have a small network at work that is controlled by my dlink router(internet cable) and i'm having some computers on the network hogging a good amount of resource.
My question is: how i can control how much bandwidth each computer connected to the router will get?
This has been a tough problem for me because i really have to give some priority to computers that are connected to the headquarters.
Thank you.
 
Just get a router that supports QoS, or you could set up a proxy server (much more work), or you could go business class like Cisco (much more expensive and requires the know how to work on cisco products).
 
tlarkin said:
Just get a router that supports QoS, or you could set up a proxy server (much more work), or you could go business class like Cisco (much more expensive and requires the know how to work on cisco products).
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you are asking a question that sounds to me may require an IT professional visit to your office. As the previous posts recommend, you need a router with port throttling and it has to be configure, QoS is another way of handing this issue(which I recommend) but again, you need a QoS capable router and an IT profession(read, NOT GEEK SQUAD) to set it up and possibly maintain it after it is up and running.
 
systek said:
you are asking a question that sounds to me may require an IT professional visit to your office. As the previous posts recommend, you need a router with port throttling and it has to be configure, QoS is another way of handing this issue(which I recommend) but again, you need a QoS capable router and an IT profession(read, NOT GEEK SQUAD) to set it up and possibly maintain it after it is up and running.
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Yeah, my Linksys retail router has QoS, most of them do these days. Also, a broadcom based router supports third party firmware which is very comparable to cisco's firmware itself.

www.dd-wrt.com

A proxy server could also do this because they need authentication for access, then you can limit bandwidth by proxy account, that is a whole lot of work though.
 
tlarkin said:
Yeah, my Linksys retail router has QoS, most of them do these days. Also, a broadcom based router supports third party firmware which is very comparable to cisco's firmware itself.

www.dd-wrt.com

A proxy server could also do this because they need authentication for access, then you can limit bandwidth by proxy account, that is a whole lot of work though.
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I wouldnt install a Linksys router touting QoS features if my business was on the line...
 
systek said:
it starts off "i have a small network at work..."
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Yup you are right, I must have misread the OP's post....:eek:

To keep costs down I would recommend you get a buffalo router then load the DD-WRT firmware on it. Unless you have the capital to spend some money on an enterprise solution.
 
tlarkin said:
Yup you are right, I must have misread the OP's post....:eek:

To keep costs down I would recommend you get a buffalo router then load the DD-WRT firmware on it. Unless you have the capital to spend some money on an enterprise solution.
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if you're gonna do that, read up on what you are going to configure, before getting started so you know what you are about to tackle. Also, it wouldnt hurt to sign up for some type of IT support such as experts-exchange.com. they give you answers to any enterprise level question for a monthly or yearly fee.
 
systek said:
if you're gonna do that, read up on what you are going to configure, before getting started so you know what you are about to tackle. Also, it wouldnt hurt to sign up for some type of IT support such as experts-exchange.com. they give you answers to any enterprise level question for a monthly or yearly fee.
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Why? google is free and its all you need. Always helped me when I was stumped. In fact we just dropped our support package with HP and Apple because it was costing us 1000s of dollars and we always just used google to solve our problems. Even though we are now a Certified HP Self maintainer so we get self maintainer support for free, but we have met HP's requirements to do so.
 
tlarkin said:
Why? google is free and its all you need. Always helped me when I was stumped. In fact we just dropped our support package with HP and Apple because it was costing us 1000s of dollars and we always just used google to solve our problems. Even though we are now a Certified HP Self maintainer so we get self maintainer support for free, but we have met HP's requirements to do so.
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some ppl arent good at finding answers on google. those are the times something like what i mentioned work better. for me, its been helpful cause I dont have time to research one issue. On that site, I just post my specific question and usually get and answer with step by step instructions along with supporting documention within a few hours, if not less.

as for being a self maintainer, the place I work at now will never get that big. But i know it is easy to get certified and added to those programs. I used to work at dell, so im familiar with their equivalent program.
 
systek said:
some ppl arent good at finding answers on google. those are the times something like what i mentioned work better. for me, its been helpful cause I dont have time to research one issue. On that site, I just post my specific question and usually get and answer with step by step instructions along with supporting documention within a few hours, if not less.

as for being a self maintainer, the place I work at now will never get that big. But i know it is easy to get certified and added to those programs. I used to work at dell, so im familiar with their equivalent program.
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you have to spend at least 100k with HP every replacement cycle to qualify. With apple, you just have to have 50 Macs at your place of work. Since all of our servers are pretty much 95% HP Proliant, we easily make it the self maintainer. We also have about 10,000 computers which I would say 65 to 70% are HPs, and soon all the desktops will be HPs so it may be a higher perecentage now.

For the most part google and wikipedia in fact have always helped me a ton. Wikipedia is great for technology information. Then of course experience is really the best thing. If can get in front of a machine I can typically tell what is causing the problem. Now troubleshooting a large managed enterprise network with 30,000 users is sometimes very hard. Then I would call in for support to the vendor or manufacturer, but those problems are not the most common.
 
tlarkin said:
Now troubleshooting a large managed enterprise network with 30,000 users is sometimes very hard. Then I would call in for support to the vendor or manufacturer, but those problems are not the most common.
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thats the kind of stuff you can get help on the site i mentioned. its one reason I signed up :D
 
i was reading about router throttling and for what i understood we can only control(of course) in terms of bandwidth, the upload bandwidth, prioritizing packets that go out.
so my question is how can this reflect on the download bandwidth limitation per client on the network(like mac priorization and so on)?
isnt this only possible to control on the isp part?
 
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