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    Anyone know how to cap wireless internet?

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Keiki, Aug 20, 2006.

  1. Keiki

    Keiki Notebook Geek

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    I'm just wondering if anyone knows how to cap wireless internet for computers in my network. My sister is a heavy downloader and so am I so I need to know how to cap her internet, probably around 20 kb/s or something.

    I'm using a Linksys wireless BEFW11S4 router and I don't see an internet cap option anywhere in the router setup
     
    Keiki, Aug 20, 2006
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  2. brianstretch

    brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

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    Some Linksys routers have QoS (Quality of Service) settings that can let you, say, give one machine higher priority than another machine, which I believe would solve your problem with the greatest plausible deniability :D. My WRT54GL does. You may need to flash in the newest firmware first.
     
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  3. Keiki

    Keiki Notebook Geek

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    Problem is that I don't have the WRT54GL and I don't see an option in my router... is there another way? A 3rd party program maybe?
     
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    blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso

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    If you is using P2P, in the setup you can set limits. Otherwise you will need to upgrade your router or buy a managed switch.
     
    blue68f100, Aug 21, 2006
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  5. Keiki

    Keiki Notebook Geek

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    So no way huh? Dang it
     
    Keiki, Aug 21, 2006
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    Elminst Some Network Guy

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    Not with a cheap home/desktop router.
    You'd need to get a higher grade router, or you could build a linux gateway box and set up packet filtering/traffic shaping.
     
    Elminst, Aug 22, 2006
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