Help, capping bandwidth

[iNeb]

How would i go about capping a users bandwidth on a linksys router?

I would like to cap the bandwidth to like 50k a sec, hopefully this can be done via the router config?

If it can't be done via the router, how can it be done?

[Urban_Squrill]

Most capping is dont at the main office. But why cap it?

[Telexen]

Are you just looking to cap it to one or more links, or ALL of them on the workgroup?

[iNeb]

Because one of the computers on the network sucks up too much bandwidth.

[iNeb]

Originally posted by Telexen
Are you just looking to cap it to one or more links, or ALL of them on the workgroup?

Just one ip

[osprey4]

The router can't do that. If you know who the offender is, the easiest way to fix the problem is to disable his connection. When he comes crying that he can't access the internet, go "fix" his computer and set his RWIN to a very small number before restoring his connection.

yah the linksys router is designed for home useage. so they lack this option to do that. You can however block his ip from getting internet

[tmx468]

osprey... could you explain about the rwin mate?

Cheers

[iNeb]

Yeah, what is rwin? And what is QoS?

BTW, i know you can block his ip

[SpookyEddy]

I agree that its unlikely that a cheap domestic router is going to provide support for traffic shaping, so you may be out of luck

However this is relatively easy to achieve on a variety of unix based operating systems (assuming you have a couple of spare nics). For example linux with tc (which I currently use) or OpenBSD with altq. You could probably even turn the two interfaces into a bridge and do your shaping on that.

Regards

ed