Limit Bandwidth

[John]

Hi,
I use a netgear DG834GT as my ADSL Modem which is Connected to a 16 port
switch. Is there any way that I can limit the speed/data rate that is
allowed to pass through a single connection. i.e. instead of a user
hogging the bandwidth by downloading music etc, he/she is only allocated a
256kbs connection whilst the other connections remain at full speed. Hope
you get my train of thought here.

Regards

John

 

[BillW50]

Hi,
I use a netgear DG834GT as my ADSL Modem which is Connected to a 16
port switch. Is there any way that I can limit the speed/data rate
that is allowed to pass through a single connection. i.e. instead
of a user hogging the bandwidth by downloading music etc, he/she is
only allocated a 256kbs connection whilst the other connections
remain at full speed. Hope you get my train of thought here.

Regards

John

I know of no since animal short of a full blown server. But I am sure
someone writing software for this task would sell millions of copies.

 

[Chuck]

Hi,
I use a netgear DG834GT as my ADSL Modem which is Connected to a 16 port
switch. Is there any way that I can limit the speed/data rate that is
allowed to pass through a single connection. i.e. instead of a user
hogging the bandwidth by downloading music etc, he/she is only allocated a
256kbs connection whilst the other connections remain at full speed. Hope
you get my train of thought here.

Regards

John

John,

Look for QOS enabled routers. They don't restrict by bandwidth quantity, they
prioritise by bandwidth need. I don't know if that would be granular enough for
your needs, but check them out.

 

[John]

Many thanks guys,
I did manage to find a program called Netlimiter which does the job, sort
of, but I will look out for the QOS routers

Regards

John