Controlling usage via router

[mosherben]

Hi,
I was wondering if it was possible for you to control download/upload usage on a router for a few machines connected to it?

Cheers,

[Agent]

Depends entirely on the router.

[slugs]

they are oftern much more expensive as well.

ive used draytek vigor 2600's to do this in the past.

they can slip by protocol and total useage

[EvilMunky]

your normal broadband cable / adsl router wont do this. You need a business / enterprise router to be able to do this.

i gather you want to be able to limit others in your house / network from hogging your bandwidth?

[TheAnimus]

I'm fairly sure i put a linksys at my parents (Abg jobbie) which has QoS that would let you achive what you want.

[herulach]

you want a linksys wrt54g + dd-wrt firmware, will let you throttle on a per port (tcp) per port (physical) per ip or per protocol basis.

[mosherben]

I'm not wanting to do this; it's just something I suspected must have happened on the house wireless router.