Andrew
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I have a few PCs on my test network, and one is used for downloads.
Is it possible i can limit that machine to how much it can download in terms of speed?
An SBS 2008 box is currently doing group policy and DHCP.
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willay
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dont think SBS can do QoS, depends what your router is like?
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ENB
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Registered: 24th Apr 06
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We do this, simplest way is to use the router, can control the rx and tx rates for any attached device.
It's standard on most routers I've used.
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Doug
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quote:
Originally posted by ENB
We do this, simplest way is to use the router, can control the rx and tx rates for any attached device.
It's standard on most routers I've used.
I cant see that option on the netgears I use?
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Dom
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Registered: 13th Sep 03
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Look at custom firmware like Tomato if you're running a Linksys, has QoS and upload/download limiting.
Although, can't you just set limits in your download programs?
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moka
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Registered: 11th Mar 06
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i use rshaper on routertech firmware, does exactly what you want. Look into it.
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Andrew
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Have to have a play with the router and see how it works with the server doing DHCP.
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Ian
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Shouldn't matter who is assigning IP.
I would be checking your download software first.
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moka
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But for a more effective download capper, look into your firmwares features. If it supports this happy days if not look into 3rd party firmware for you router such as routertech... Routertech amoungst others allow you to install tiny programs onto the router that do different things such as shaping your internet bandwidth.
You will need to set static IP's on the PC's you want to cap.
Once all installed, an example would be
1. log in to router (with routertech firmware)
2. go to commands
3. type rshaper_enable (or something simular)
4. type rshaper 192.168.1.8 0 51200
This effectively caps the ip 192.168.1.8 to 51200 bytes/s (or 50KB/s) constantly. The extra digit (0) is rate iirc you just leave that as 0 for the default value.
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