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    Limiting someone's bandwidth through wireless router

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by tofuboi01, Feb 24, 2008.

  1. tofuboi01

    tofuboi01 Notebook Consultant

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    Are there any ways to limit someone else's bandwidth because i am having slow internet access due to the constant youtubing for random music...
    Any replies would be greatful (grateful?) and sorry if this has been asked..

    Tofu
     
    tofuboi01, Feb 24, 2008
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  2. srunni

    srunni Notebook Deity

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    Yeah, depending on the router, you maybe able to use QoS to set a bandwidth priority for certain MAC addresses, IP addresses, or ethernet ports. I'd suggest giving yourself the highest priority, and everything else will only have standard priority automatically.
     
    srunni, Feb 24, 2008
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    tofuboi01 Notebook Consultant

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    I have located QoS on my router, but it only says configuration on or off, but no option to set priority anywhere. It is a belkin 7230UK-6. There is no option to set priority at all.
     
    tofuboi01, Feb 24, 2008
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    blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Turn it on then turn on the QoS service on all PC's. The default should be 20% band width.
     
    blue68f100, Feb 24, 2008
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