How do I limit bandwidth with router?
Alright so heres the deal, my kids computers are down stairs and when their friends come over they download programs, and constantly seeding torrents to where it slows our internet DRAMATICALLY. me and my wife have our computers in the main office. (We can’t move the modem, just not a factor forget it). We use a belkin 802.11 G Wireless router (id 136493 on belkin website) and we’d like to limit there bandwith. If we disconnect their computers we get a high speed of 22 mbps down and 6 upload. If we connect them, we get around 2-3 download, and 200 kbps upload. I’d rather not have to get rid of their internet priveledge. Please help.
me and my wife connect wireless, while the kids are directly connected.
i know how to go to 192.168.2.1 and go into settings, i have it secure with a WPA pass and what not, not that i’m worried about intruders.. i’m just saying I’m pretty familiar with the control panel, i use it all the time for cloning my mac, and occasionally hosting servers.
To do this effectively you need a router that supports Quality of Service or QOS. Your router appears to have basic QOS support, but it appears that it’s only to give high priority to streaming audio and video or VOIP telephony. You’d need something like a Netgear WNR834B which allows you to assign high and low priority to various types of traffic. You’d assign a low priority to the torrent ports and higher priority to traffic that you use in the office.
One other thing that you should bear in mind is that if they are doing anything illegal with the torrents such as sharing copyrighted materials, YOU can be held to task for what they are doing.
Gaming Router DGL-4300
