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nicksinif

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i am currently sharing my internet connection with 5 people. i would like to limit the bandwidth each person can use. currently my fastest download speed is 300kb/second. i would like to limit each person to 60kb/second. i have included a screen shot of my preferences for my router. please advise. thanks.
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Software Version: VER:4.04.03.00
Transceiver Revision: 7.2.3.0
Model Name: D90-327W15-06
Active Status: 1 23:45:42
Configuration: 096-900125-04 A
Westell 327W Model # D90-327W15-06
 
QoS will not work for what you're trying to do. It will only prioritize traffic of certain types over others. For example, if 1 user is downloading a huge file and using all the bandwidth while you're trying to make a VoIP call, you could set it to prioritize the VoIP traffic over the web traffic. What you're looking for is traffic shaping. Some other people might be able to point to a consumer router that will do but I don't know of any. IPCop, m0n0wall, pFsense, etc all do traffic shaping though.
 
I remember looking for a router that shapes traffic and never came across anything that was feasible budget wise. You'll get into a price range where you could buy your own cheap computer and put software on it yourself. If you have a spare computer you can use as a router, that might be your best bet. Load some software on it like pFsense, that meets your needs.
 
PFsense/monowall QoS actually has the ability to specify a maximum speed for a protocol, dunno if it can do it by Host/IP.
 
It is definitely possible for pf (the underlying software pfSense uses), you simply need to define the different child packet queues and then add rules that when passing traffic from that particular host assigns it to that packet queue.
 
Some QoS software can do it by MAC, IP and/or internal port in addition to port and/or protocol. I haven't used many QoS implementations lately but Tomato did all of that and had nice graphs. I don't know what firmware you are able to use. Is that one of those stupid modem/router combos?
 
300k internet and limit it down to 60k? ouch. Can't you and the roomies just upgrade that connection?
 
Build a M0n0wall box and select the "share bandwidth among users" in the magic QoS wizard. This will evenly distribute bandwidth when everyone is putting a high load on the connection, but allow one person to use the entire connection if it is idle.
 
Ockie said:
300k internet and limit it down to 60k? ouch. Can't you and the roomies just upgrade that connection?
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300KB/s (I assume he meant byte even though he wrote it as bit - his shift keys are either broken or he has no courtesy when it comes to writing, it seems) is painful for one person if you ask me.
 
300 kilobytes/sec would be torture to me. Then again I'm the only person in the house who does more than browse the web, check their e-mail and IM people.

You guys should go up a tier before splitting the bandwidth. 60 k/sec is hardly better than dial-up. If I was limited to 60 KB/sec anywhere.
 
Hmmm.... I find many servers have a hard time providing more than 400KBps, and that upload becomes more of a limitation than download. If it is 300KB, then that's 2.4Mbps, which isn't really slow imo. If you are going to limit bandwidths, I wouldn't divide the total amount by the number of users. I would divide it by half the number of users, because you aren't always going to have all of them on at once. So maybe 120KB per user. Then use QoS on protocols for times when all 6 are on at the same time. That way if just one or two of you are on at once, but not all of you, you'll get more than 60k.
 
mryerse said:
Hmmm.... I find many servers have a hard time providing more than 400KBps, and that upload becomes more of a limitation than download. If it is 300KB, then that's 2.4Mbps, which isn't really slow imo. If you are going to limit bandwidths, I wouldn't divide the total amount by the number of users. I would divide it by half the number of users, because you aren't always going to have all of them on at once. So maybe 120KB per user. Then use QoS on protocols for times when all 6 are on at the same time. That way if just one or two of you are on at once, but not all of you, you'll get more than 60k.
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really? I regularly get download speeds in the 600kilobyte/sec range. ive had 1700 kilobyte/sec downloads before.
 
it is a router/modem in one. i am getting about 300KB/sec, according to firefox. it is currently the fastest internet we can get in the area. we have tried cable internet, and that works about half the time. whenever it rained, we would have no internet, so we switched to this. there isn't a whole lot of competition in the area. i am downloading IPCop, m0n0wall, pFsense, and will try them out. thanks for recomending these softwares. will it be hard to build a monowall?
 
nicksinif said:
it is a router/modem in one. i am getting about 300KB/sec, according to firefox. it is currently the fastest internet we can get in the area. we have tried cable internet, and that works about half the time. whenever it rained, we would have no internet, so we switched to this. there isn't a whole lot of competition in the area. i am downloading IPCop, m0n0wall, pFsense, and will try them out. thanks for recomending these softwares. will it be hard to build a monowall?
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You'll want to set it to bridged mode if possible or buy a DSL modem that isn't integrated.

no. Any generic P3 or higher system will run it. I recommend at least 800mhz with 256mb ram. Use like an old 10gb hard drive or get an IDE to CF adapter and a 1gb CF card.

You'll also need 2 Network cards. I recommend Intel but nearly any brand will work.

If you have any more questions just ask.
 
OmegaAvenger said:
really? I regularly get download speeds in the 600kilobyte/sec range. ive had 1700 kilobyte/sec downloads before.
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Yeah... I have 8Mbps down, with powerboost (Comcast). So you'd think I'd get 1m. But rarely are there servers that aren't under load already, and capable of meeting my connection's speed. It does go over 400k, but it depends on the server, service, etc. I still think 300k isn't bad. Of course I still want FIOS 50/20 plan, but it's not here yet. A Comcast dude came by to "save me money" and I told him as soon as FIOS comes in, I'm switching. He said that's way more than anyone needs, and quickly dismissed me as one of his "non-typical users" and walked away without even listening to me. Little does he know the influence I have on my friends and neighbors.
 
mryerse said:
Yeah... I have 8Mbps down, with powerboost (Comcast). So you'd think I'd get 1m. But rarely are there servers that aren't under load already, and capable of meeting my connection's speed. It does go over 400k, but it depends on the server, service, etc. I still think 300k isn't bad. Of course I still want FIOS 50/20 plan, but it's not here yet. A Comcast dude came by to "save me money" and I told him as soon as FIOS comes in, I'm switching. He said that's way more than anyone needs, and quickly dismissed me as one of his "non-typical users" and walked away without even listening to me. Little does he know the influence I have on my friends and neighbors.
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you're forgeting about TCP/IP overhead, so you wont get the full 8.
 
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