Linksys router: how to limit a user's bandwidth?

[Dizway]

Hi.

I have a Linksys 4 port router set up at my gf's apartment, 3 users sharing a cable connection. Anyhow, one of her roommates wanted to use video conferencing so I set her computer as the DMZ host. Well, the problem is everytime she uses it, the other 2 computers get jammed and cannot surf the web (or really slow). Somehow her computer has taken priority over all of the bandwidth and nothing is left for the other 2 computers. Is there a way to limit a user's bandwidth through the Linky router? Thanks.

 

[guaraguao]

Short of ditching the router & setting up your own linux/bsd router with bandwidth quotas/etc, the answer to your question is no.

I highly doubt Linksys will come out with that feature anytime soon. Heck, anytime, period.

Maybe you could try to find bandwidth-throttling software to load onto the video conferencing's computer. That's the only thing I can think of.


g'luck

 

[Vegito]

I been searching for the same solution... with the smc router... i don't think any of these home router has the feature... you can also try to do some reg hack, ie the reg hack to speed up inet connection, load that file with some F#(*# up value to make it smaller, ie lower mtu or something heheheh..

 

[JaiKnight]

What possible solutions are there? Do any of the software ICS programs allow you to limit bandwidth?

 

[spidey07]

well if you limit her video conf bandwidth, then she won't be able to use video conferencing. sounds like you need more bandwidth.

 

[Dizway]

dslreports says her connection is about 2000kbps/160kbps ... for some reason video conferencing uses ALL of it. She must be talking to someone who has a T3 or something and transmitting more than 2000kbps. Can't get more bandwidth in an apartment for the same price as cable.

 

[bonkers325]

bummer