Limit Bandwidth?

[oneeightyd0wn]

I was wondering if there was a way to limit the bandwidth between pcs on my linksys router, BEFSR41 V3, so that someone couldnt hog the entire internet. Thanks!

 

[JackMDS]

Welcome to the Networl Forum.

May be this can Help: Can I Monitor my LAN, control the usage of the Internet, and Network Resources by other computers from my main computer?

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[oneeightyd0wn]

I found the program, Bandwidth Controller, which seems like it would do the job except it doesnt. I set it exactly as the instructions say and try and limit the bandwidth for a certain ip on my lan and it doesnt work at all, yet when i try to limit it for my lan ip it works perfectly, any ideas?

 

[JackMDS]

I know of two Bandwidth Controller program.

One is an Enterprise application that works only on a Server.

The other is a Prerelease .15 shareware called thta go by the same name, Bandwidth Controller

However from what I gathered it works with server (host computer) like the above program.

In other words (as explained in the link above) they are No Good for Entry Level Router with peer to peer Network.

If you have another Bandwidth Controller please be more specific.

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[oneeightyd0wn]

Yeah it has to be installed on a server i found out. So I guess theres no easy way to control the bandwidth of another ip on my lan . I would use a program to install on the system, but the system isnt a system its a playstation 2, that whenever socom is played on it, online, it completely hordes the bandwidth of my dsl, just wondering if i could limit it.

 

[Eltano1]

Another option is to buy a Linksys RT54GS wireless, download a firmware done by Svensoft and then you will get whta you are looking for and more.

best regards

Eltano

 

[SleepWalkerX]

the wrt54g has a bandwidth manager that uses QoS (i think you need sveasoft firmware, but the official firmware might have it). it works quite well. but it can't manage by port and you can't have a specific amount of bandwidth it can utilize, there are four settings to choose for that (bulk, standard, express, and premium). unfortunately for you, there isn't a service for playstation2. you'll have to find another way.

 

[gaidin123]

Yes you do need the sveasoft firmware to do the QoS on a Linksys WRT54G(S). I'm not sure what the web interface currently has on it but you can get SSH access to the box and can type/paste in any QoS configuration you want. This means you can filter by port, traffic type since they did integrate the l-7 filter project at some point, src and dst IPs, TCP flags, etc. The WRT54G is by far the cheapest box you can get to do "real" traffic shaping.

Gaidin

 

[Tomer]

What amazes me is that the Linksys's don't have that already built in. It seems like a basic, most wanted function. I mean, let's face, as a bandwidth having, bandwidth bill paying parent, it irks me to no end to have my Internet access crawling as the kids both blast away D/L stuff every evening.