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I have 3 computers on a network in my home via a Linksys Router. I was wondering if it were at all possible to limit the bandwith on one of the computers?
I have what I call a “Bandwith Hog” in my amist and I am paying for the connection and all… I want to limit the bandwith that computer uses. So the person using it can’t steel most of the bandwith while downloading something and causing the other two computers in the home to load webpages slowly.
Anyone know if it’s possible and how can I do it.
Depending on how fancy your Linksys router is, it might be able to do it. Go through all the settings on the router’s control panel to see if you see anything that cathes your eye. I couldn’t tell you exactly how, though, all Linksyses are different and most times it’s not a limit, but more an on/off type of thing. There might be some software you could put on his computer, too, to do that, but I don’t know offhand, sorry. Your best bet is to look through your router’s settings to see if you have that funcitonality already there, be sure to check all the Advanced settings, too.
I have a Linksys Wireless-G 2.4 GHz 54Mbps Broadband Router
The computer that is taking up most of the bandwith connects via the wireless connection and the other two in the home connect to the Network via cable.
I don’t have access to the “Bandwith Hog” computer… But I do control all Router and Modem Settings.
I went into the wireless settings on my router and seen something called “Transmission Rate”… does this section have anything to do with the bandwith used on the wireless connection?
It says this….
The default setting is Auto. The range is from 1 to 54Mbps.
The rate of data transmission should be set depending on the speed of your wireless network. You can select from a range of transmission speeds, or keep the default setting, Auto, to have the Router automatically use the fastest possible data rate and enable the Auto-Fallback feature. Auto-Fallback will negotiate the best possible connection speed between the Router and a wireless client.
You could force it to 1mbps, or 2, if it’s there. But that will slow down the entire wireless network, not just the connection to the internet from the network.
I say, if all else fails, tell him you’ll deny access to his computer, or make him part a portion of the bill?
(Also, please use the
button.)Some of the modified firmwares for the WRT54G have options to preform QoS on client machines. QoS basically makes the router handle some traffic with a higher priority than other traffic, and/or treat some traffic with a lower priority than other traffic. This can be useful on a local scale, like you can set thr router to treat VoIP or computer game traffic with a high priority to reduce lag, and set your filesharing with a low priority so it doesn’t slow down general network traffic like web browsing. This is the same technology that is bring up the issues of network neutrality, because ISPs want to make companies pay to have their data sent at a higher priority, and send traffic they don’t like (filesharing and VOiP traffic, and maybe even for web sites they don’t like) at a lower priority.
I contacted the router manufacture and they said connection is basically even on both wireless and cable but I know it’s not because the moment the wireless user starts a large download… both computers via cable slow waaay down.
I’m so irritated with this right now. I can’t find help.
Actually, the Linksys WRT54G supports some QoS out of the box (depending on the version. i’m sure v5 and above does… you can’t really upgrade to a sexy-firmware on the v5 and above… unless that firmware can fit in a very small space)
click on the Applications and Gaming tab on the web interface of your router (usually http://192.168.1.1/) then click on the QoS link in the submenu (http://192.168.1.1/qos.htm). you can then enable and configure the QoS to limit the bandwidth of a hog. 🙂 you can also stop the abusive user from using any bandwidth (click on Access Restrictions – http://192.168.1.1/Filters.htm). for both methods you will need to know the abuser’s MAC address. if this user used DHCP to connect you can find his/her MAC address on the Status page (http://192.168.1.1/DHCPTable.htm). all this is assuming that the abusive user does not know how to change his/her MAC address.
you should disable wireless if you don’t use wireless at all. if you do use wireless enable WPA wireless encryption (use long hex keys https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm), stop the SSID broadcast, and use the MAC filter to only allow your own wireless devices to connect.
Note: the WRT54G tracks connections for five days. so if you do download off ‘high bandwidth’ networks like BitTorrent you should get a better router. this problem has supposedly been fixed in the latest Official Linksys firmware for the WRT54G v5. for all other WRT54G versions a third-party firmware is recommended. these firmwares (official or otherwise), if installed incorrectly, will brick your router. more: http://utorrent.com/faq.php#Special_note_for_users_with_Linksys_WRT54G_GL_GS_routers
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