Distributing bandwidth between programs

[Alexandru Sarbu]

Hi,

Could somebody recommend me a (simple) software that does nothing but
regulate (if set) the max amount of bandwith a specified programs have
access to, so f.ex. if I need for the moment more bandwith for a program, I
just can reduce the limits of the other running programms. (I don't want to
install a firewall.)

Could someone recommend me something?

Thanks
Alex

 

[Rick]

Hi,

Could somebody recommend me a (simple) software that does nothing but
regulate (if set) the max amount of bandwith a specified programs have
access to, so f.ex. if I need for the moment more bandwith for a program, I
just can reduce the limits of the other running programms. (I don't want to
install a firewall.)

Could someone recommend me something?

If by "bandwidth" you're referring to local CPU time, you can
control a number of different ways.. You can assign a higher or
lower priority to a process by using Task Manager (Ctrl-Alt-Del),
or you can assign a priority by starting a program via a custom
shortcut.. E.g. I like to run Outlook Express at high priority, so I
start it with a shortcut to OEStart.bat, which is a custom batch file:

C:
CD "\Program Files\Outlook Express"
START /HIGH msimn.exe
EXIT

If this latter option sounds like what you want to do, open up a
Command Prompt and type START /? to get a list of priority
options.

Rick

 

[James Atkinson]

Hi,

Could somebody recommend me a (simple) software that does nothing but
regulate (if set) the max amount of bandwith a specified programs have
access to, so f.ex. if I need for the moment more bandwith for a program, I
just can reduce the limits of the other running programms. (I don't want to
install a firewall.)

Could someone recommend me something?

Thanks
Alex

Isn't this the principle of QoS? I don't think a firewall could do this.

 

[Kurt]

This is normally done in hardware with something like a layer 4 or layer7
switch that can give a higher priority to a specific network application
based on tcp/udp port. Another option in a distributed envoronment is
rate-limits or quality of service based on access lists, where traffic to or
from specific application servers can be regulated. I'm not aware af any
software that can do this because it really needs to be accomplished at a
fairly low level.

 

[Kurt]

Another thought, if these are apps running on a single computer, maybe you
could raise or lower the prioritiies in task manager.

 

[Burning_Ranger]

Hi,

Could somebody recommend me a (simple) software that does nothing but
regulate (if set) the max amount of bandwith a specified programs have
access to, so f.ex. if I need for the moment more bandwith for a
program, I just can reduce the limits of the other running programms.
(I don't want to install a firewall.)

Could someone recommend me something?

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