I was hoping if someone could tell me if this is possible. I have a Siemens Gigaset SE567 router and my internet speed is about 160kb/sec actual download speed.
It's slow but what was even slower was the dial-up that we had two years ago! That got about 2.6kb/sec actual download speed![]()
The signal at this point is divided up between three (sometimes four) computers in the house. I'd like to limit the bandwidth according to each computers MAC address to about 40kb/sec max.
Is this possible???
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turqoisegirl08 Notebook Evangelist
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With certain routers, it is possible to restrict bandwidth. I don't see that in the manual about your router unfortunately.
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You should probably get a dedicated router and enable some sort of Quality-of-Service (QOS) but this only prioritizes packets. You can do this per MAC address.
Another idea is to use NetLimiter but you would have to do it per each computer. -
turqoisegirl08 Notebook Evangelist
Thanks guys. I have not done any foray into this yet. I've been busy the over the weekend and today. Main reason I want to get this set up is people are constantly streaming videos and downloading this and that so it interferes with my researches for school. This seems to be the only solution so everyone gets around the same speed.
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Get a Linksys WRT54XX and purchase a paid version of DD-WRT. There's a whole section of options for limiting bandwith and it's quite simple.
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Be a little selfish.
Find a cheap router (Linksys I prefer), wireless if you need it and turn on QOS, and set your MAC address to high priority.
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turqoisegirl08 Notebook Evangelist
I like that idea!
Bwa ha ha ha!
Dividing up bandwidth
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by turqoisegirl08, Jul 10, 2010.