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03-16-2007, 10:21 AM
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Limiting internet usage....
Hey guys wonder if u can help me.....
im running a network at my house on a 512kb adsl line.....with 4 computers..i know thats a slow crap speed but in south africa u cant get faster currently (cost about $150 a month for the speed im getting) anyways.....is their a way that each PC can say only use 100KB/s of the speed? soo that I wont get lag when someone else is downloading a movie? the pc's are XP pro.... thanks |
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03-16-2007, 10:26 AM
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You can do it with a router that has a QoS feature. The Linksys WRT54GL with open source DD-WRT firmware can do it.
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03-16-2007, 10:30 AM
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er....I have a netgear router.....? is it possible with a neatgear?
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03-16-2007, 10:35 AM
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Probably not.
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03-16-2007, 10:54 AM
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ok then...what about software ON the pc......make the max speed of the lan at 100kb/s?
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03-16-2007, 11:15 AM
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Quite a few software bandwidth shapers and limiters are out there .. for example check - http://www.exefind.com/bandwidth/ .. however it's a very inefficient solution. The person downloading the movie might as well just disable the software solution you install. Also note that most of these s/w are shareware or commercialware - for the same price you could get yourself a router that supports QoS.
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