home internet bandwidth control?

[johnwu2005]

Hi there, I have a linksys 5 ports cable modem broadband router, sharing internet with 4 other roomates, one of them have habit download big file all the time, slowing down the whole internet speed, 3Mbps bandwidth he uses almost 95% all the time, I have tried to configure the router, but it has no function to control the internet download/upload speed for each port, anyone has this kind of experience? have a download maniac at home? any device recommed that I can control the internet download/upload speed for each port? thank you

 

[wfay]

get a linux or bsd box as your router and you can do it. regular home routers do not support bandwith shaping.

the linksys wrt54g with sveasoft firmware may support what you need. you will need to do some research on your own, i don't do that myself.

 

[JackMDS]

May be this can Help.

Link to: Can I Monitor my LAN, control the usage of the Internet, and Network Resources by other computers from my main computer?

:sun:

 

[gaidin123]

Hey there, welcome to the AT forums!

As wfay said, the Linksys WRT54G with the sveasoft firmware has exactly what you need. Almost any linux distribution will have this as well. The *BSDs also have a different form of QoS (quality of service is what you're looking for here).

Good luck! You may want to refer towww.lartc.org for the original HOWTO for linux on this kind of thing but it is fairly technical...At least it will give you an idea of what the sveasoft guys and most linux distros use.

Gaidin