Throttling Bandwidth On Router

ED!

Any way to do this? I have a D-Link DIR-615.

BlindZenDriver

I think you'll need to install a different OS on the thing - then you should be able to do it.

TheKoolEagle

I might not be understanding exactly what you want to do... but looking into QoS(quality of service) on the router's config page probably an accomplish what you want to do one way or the other.

TL DR

Yeah, what exactly are you trying to do? Limit the speed of all network traffic, or just for a particular computer or service?

ED!

BlindZenDriver wrote:

I think you'll need to install a different OS on the thing - then you should be able to do it.

I have no idea what that means.

TheKoolEagle wrote:

I might not be understanding exactly what you want to do... but looking into QoS(quality of service) on the router's config page probably an accomplish what you want to do one way or the other.

I have a roommate. I suspect they want to mooch off my internet as long as possible (as opposed to getting their own again). I know they are using it for more than "email and correspondence" as they said they would; so I don't want to cut them off completely, but I certainly don't want them getting full use out of my line.

Ego

Routers are just little computers, BlindZenDriver is talking about replacing the stock d-link firmware (the operating system + software the router runs) with software that lets you do more. DD-WRT and Tomato are basically what people choose between.

Most routers tend to have fairly similar hardware inside --a lot of the difference between a cheap and expensive home router is just how much the installed firmware lets you do.

http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=13599.0

Here's a link on the topic for your router. Hopefully, unlike me, you don't have an incompatible revision . But yes, installing (carefully) alternative router software will certainly let you do what you want to.

If I have a minute later I'll hop inside my router configuration to see if it's something you can do with the built in software, but I don't believe it is.

Esh

ED! wrote:

BlindZenDriver wrote:

I think you'll need to install a different OS on the thing - then you should be able to do it.

I have no idea what that means.

TheKoolEagle wrote:

I might not be understanding exactly what you want to do... but looking into QoS(quality of service) on the router's config page probably an accomplish what you want to do one way or the other.

I have a roommate. I suspect they want to mooch off my internet as long as possible (as opposed to getting their own again). I know they are using it for more than "email and correspondence" as they said they would; so I don't want to cut them off completely, but I certainly don't want them getting full use out of my line.

Why not just insist they split the cost?

TheKoolEagle

d-link supports QoS, you can set a specific ip (i.e your computer) to receive QoS, then jack up the amount of bandwidth you want it to always be able to access, this will shit on everything else in the home you don't want to have good internet.

ED!

Ego wrote:

Routers are just little computers, BlindZenDriver is talking about replacing the stock d-link firmware (the operating system + software the router runs) with software that lets you do more. DD-WRT and Tomato are basically what people choose between.

Most routers tend to have fairly similar hardware inside --a lot of the difference between a cheap and expensive home router is just how much the installed firmware lets you do.

http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=13599.0

Here's a link on the topic for your router. Hopefully, unlike me, you don't have an incompatible revision . But yes, installing (carefully) alternative router software will certainly let you do what you want to.

If I have a minute later I'll hop inside my router configuration to see if it's something you can do with the built in software, but I don't believe it is.

B2. . .:(

TheKoolEagle wrote:

d-link supports QoS, you can set a specific ip (i.e your computer) to receive QoS, then jack up the amount of bandwidth you want it to always be able to access, this will shit on everything else in the home you don't want to have good internet.

What router do you recommend? This seems like the easiest option for me.

TheKoolEagle

Personally I use linksys routers but they do not support QoS as far as I'm aware, but I've linked to an article explaining how to do it with any d-link router that supports it, and a quick google search says the 615 does support this. Basically what you do is put your pc, xbox, ps3, other network devices that you use in as QoS and prioritized accordingly, this way at all times his computer will be the bottom of the rung on any network traffic which would most likely end up throttling his bandwidth if they were to try streaming something depending on what kind of speeds you get right now.

http://www.dlink.cc/d-link-router/how-to-configure-qos-on-d-link-dir-series-router.html
As suggested third party firmware is also an option but would require more effort to do.

ED!

The 615 I have is Rev. B2, so I'd need a new one - they are cheap, but are they guaranteed to be the newest rev.?