Author Topic: ways to limit bandwidth? (Read 6159 times)

Master KChief · « **on:** September 22, 2010, 02:33:12 PM »

my roommate recently got a kindle so hes been downloading off of torrents for books and pretty much taking up all of the bandwidth. im pretty much unable to find an online match on xbox live, and my laptop is noticeably slower loading pages while hes downloading. is there anyway to throttle his bandwidth usage?

browarod · « **Reply #1 on:** September 22, 2010, 02:36:30 PM »

You can if you have a router or firewall that you have access to tweak. Don't ask me specifics (networks are not my thing), but I think you can with those.

Master KChief · « **Reply #2 on:** September 22, 2010, 02:37:16 PM »

yes, everything goes through a router.

SomeKittens · « **Reply #3 on:** September 22, 2010, 04:48:42 PM »

Which router? If it's an advanced model, it might have a few useful features. I'd also recommend DD-WRT, which enables you to limit specific kinds of transmissions (i.e. BitTorrent)

Cpt.Jaeger · « **Reply #4 on:** September 22, 2010, 05:04:12 PM »

nothing like a silent war over bandwidth between roomates

just subtly unplug the internet from the router and hardwire your live to the internet

xCaLeBx · « **Reply #5 on:** September 22, 2010, 05:11:40 PM »

Quote from: Master KChief on September 22, 2010, 02:33:12 PM

my roommate recently got a kindle so hes been downloading off of torrents for books and pretty much taking up all of the bandwidth. im pretty much unable to find an online match on xbox live, and my laptop is noticeably slower loading pages while hes downloading. is there anyway to throttle his bandwidth usage?

lol that is first of all absolutely hilarious 2ndly if he uses a certain program (utorrent or limewire) it will let you decide how much bw it spends on torrents....ask him nicely to lay them back alot or sneak on his computer and fix it yourself

SomeKittens · « **Reply #6 on:** September 22, 2010, 05:15:56 PM »

I'm thinking if he's asking us, he's already tried asking his roommate.

Daniel TS RED · « **Reply #7 on:** September 22, 2010, 05:19:33 PM »

What kind of router is it and Who's router is it?

Daniel

xCaLeBx · « **Reply #8 on:** September 22, 2010, 05:29:53 PM »

Quote from: xCaLeBx on September 22, 2010, 05:11:40 PM

or sneak on his computer and fix it yourself

SomeKittens · « **Reply #9 on:** September 22, 2010, 05:34:22 PM »

That would be unethical. Two wrongs don't make a right.

browarod · « **Reply #10 on:** September 22, 2010, 05:35:14 PM »

Quote from: SomeKittens on September 22, 2010, 05:34:22 PM

That would be unethical. Two wrongs don't make a right.

No, but 3 lefts do

Cpt.Jaeger · « **Reply #11 on:** September 22, 2010, 05:43:46 PM »

Quote from: SomeKittens on September 22, 2010, 05:34:22 PM

That would be unethical. Two wrongs don't make a right.

but they can be hilarious to watch

SomeKittens · « **Reply #12 on:** September 22, 2010, 06:07:22 PM »

Which episode was that?

Cpt.Jaeger · « **Reply #13 on:** September 22, 2010, 08:10:04 PM »

dunno

Master KChief · « **Reply #14 on:** September 22, 2010, 08:50:19 PM »

Quote from: SomeKittens on September 22, 2010, 04:48:42 PM

Which router? If it's an advanced model, it might have a few useful features. I'd also recommend DD-WRT, which enables you to limit specific kinds of transmissions (i.e. BitTorrent)

i have a linksys wrt160n. i've looked into messing around with the qos settings, but it didnt appear to do any much better concerning my laptop at least (everything, even my 360, is ran wirelessly to the router, so maybe thats why qos didnt seem to work). what is dd-wrt?

Quote from: Cpt.Jaeger on September 22, 2010, 05:04:12 PM

just subtly unplug the internet from the router and hardwire your live to the internet

you dont know how many times i've done this already...

Quote from: SomeKittens on September 22, 2010, 05:15:56 PM

I'm thinking if he's asking us, he's already tried asking his roommate.

correct, i've already tried reasoning with him, but he conveniently forgets everytime...its time to take matters into my own hands and throttle his bandwith myself.

Quote from: Daniel TS RED on September 22, 2010, 05:19:33 PM

What kind of router is it and Who's router is it?

linksys wrt160n. its my router, so i have access to all the settings.

SomeKittens · « **Reply #15 on:** September 22, 2010, 11:37:54 PM »

http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index
http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/support/router-database

Master_Chi · « **Reply #16 on:** September 23, 2010, 10:21:34 AM »

Can you just set up your router to block stuff coming from unknown sources? If it's a wireless router, just password-protect it.

Master KChief · « **Reply #17 on:** September 23, 2010, 10:26:43 AM »

its not an unknown source, its my roommate. hes just using too much bandwidth.

Master_Chi · « **Reply #18 on:** September 23, 2010, 10:28:43 AM »

Quote from: Master KChief on September 23, 2010, 10:26:43 AM

its not an unknown source, its my roommate. hes just using too much bandwidth.

I meant as an unknown source to your router...

Master KChief · « **Reply #19 on:** September 23, 2010, 10:30:23 AM »

i dont want to say 'no, you cant use torrents or downloads anymore'. i just want to put a cap on how much he is downloading at a time, so it doesnt lag me.

Master_Chi · « **Reply #20 on:** September 23, 2010, 10:34:16 AM »

Quote from: Master KChief on September 23, 2010, 10:30:23 AM

i dont want to say 'no, you cant use torrents or downloads anymore'. i just want to put a cap on how much he is downloading at a time, so it doesnt lag me.

Doesn't your college have a student WiFi network?

Lamborghini_diablo · « **Reply #21 on:** September 23, 2010, 10:57:44 AM »

I can't speak for MKC, but the housing on my campus does not have Wi-Fi. However, each room has their own hardwired connection to the internet so it isn't an issue for me.

SomeKittens · « **Reply #22 on:** September 23, 2010, 01:17:43 PM »

Quote from: Lamborghini_diablo on September 23, 2010, 10:57:44 AM

I can't speak for MKC, but the housing on my campus does not have Wi-Fi. However, each room has their own hardwired connection to the internet so it isn't an issue for me.

So Roberts isn't the only place that's still stuck in the 1990's? Of course, I'm the ringleader of rouge AP's.

Lamborghini_diablo · « **Reply #23 on:** September 23, 2010, 01:52:20 PM »

Well, the hardwire connections here are pretty insane. I usually get over 50mbps up and down on speed tests, with 11 ping.

Master KChief · « **Reply #24 on:** September 23, 2010, 02:11:39 PM »

50 mbps up? thats insane.

i do not live on a campus; i have my own apartment.

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