Re: Roomate Hogging all of the Bandwidth

jch wrote:
"Jeff Liebermann" <jeffl@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:920fh39u1n2gjv260du2do5hskc16gm8ld@xxxxxxxxxx
don0223 <don0223.2yn7gr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hath wroth:

my roomate runs 10 billion torrents at one time, :eek:, yes i know,
crazy isn't it... i was wondering if there was any way to limit his
bandwidth. i tried some stuff but they don't work, so i need some
suggestions, lots of them :D
the most important thing i want is that he doesn't lag the online games
i play: :D
the router i have is a Linksys
WRT54G Wireless-G Broadband Router
Which hardware version of the WRT54G? If it's v1 thru v4, then you
can install DD-WRT or OpenWRT firmware which include QoS (quality of
service) bandwidth management features.
<http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Quality_of_Service>
Note that it can be simultaneously used to throttle your roommates
traffic and be optimized for gaming.

However, if your hardware revision is v5-v8, forget it. There's not
enough RAM inside to do anything beyond the basic router functions.

The micro version of DDWRT includes QoS and runs on Linksys V5 and higher.



I am running DD-WRT v23 SP3 (07/21/07) micro, (SVN revision 7509) in
a WRT54GS v5. It does have QoS, I do have it turned on though I don't
have a roommate to stress test it. I don't have WiFi turned on, so I
don't know how well that works. Average, I suppose.

Before I scrounged up a spare GS, I had a plain v5 which locked up and
had to be power cycled fairly often, usually during bittorrents. Sorry,
I don't remember the exact version of DD-WRT. Something 6 to 12 months
older.

--
Phil Nelson
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