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Throttling bandwidth over a network

FendallFendall Registered User regular
edited February 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
My flatemate recently discovered the joys of Bittorrent. Obviously this eats all the bandwidth and, eventually, gets the connection itself throttled down as per Virgins policy for heavy users(link). The throttling only happens between 3pm and 9pm but lasts 5 hours after its been applies, so basically cripples my net access just when I'm using it. Repeated appeals to curtail this downloading have met with either "oops sorry I forgot to limit it" or "I'm paying for it to you know".

What I'm looking for is some kind of software solution to guarantee me my share of bandwidth. I can't really install anything on his PC, however the router is connected through my PC. Is there anything I can do to limit the bandwidth on other PCs on the network?

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  • UnknownUnknown
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  • FendallFendall Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    The router is a TrendNet TEW-432BRP and sadly, no its not mine. Flatemate bought it as he wanted wireless for his laptop.

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  • PeregrineFalconPeregrineFalcon Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Fendall wrote: »
    Repeated appeals to curtail this downloading have met with either "oops sorry I forgot to limit it" or "I'm paying for it to you know".

    Sounds like he's a toolbox and you should probably try to buy your own connection, if possible.

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  • UnknownUnknown
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  • FendallFendall Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    I have considered getting two connections but it seems excessive if I could find a proper solution. I did have my own but when he moved in and we sorted out splitting the bills and stuff he said he wanted a TV/Phone/Net package because I only had internet. I said fine if he paid for it, I would pay a tenner towards internet costs. So technically the bills come in his name, but only because its cheaper for both of us that way.

    Was hoping someone could just point me to a Netlimiter style program my googlefu wasn't strong enough to find.

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  • MagicPrimeMagicPrime FiresideWizard Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Or come to an agreement that he can only torrent when you're not home or you're both out of the house.

    Although he might have to wait an extra day for his tentacle rape hentai, if he's not an ass you guys should be able to reach some kind of compromise.

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  • TL DRTL DR Not at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered User regular
    edited February 2009
    I dunno about BT, but Utorrent is not only a great client, it has a scheduling feature. He can queue up everything to download between 3 and 8 AM and while you're at work, for example.

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Timothy Leary Come Check Out This Theory wrote: »
    I dunno about BT, but Utorrent is not only a great client, it has a scheduling feature. He can queue up everything to download between 3 and 8 AM and while you're at work, for example.
    Yeah, he's being a total douche about this. This would fix things.

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  • tsmvengytsmvengy Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    HIJACK!

    How do you do this with dd-wrt? I have it installed on my router but can't figure it out.

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  • PeregrineFalconPeregrineFalcon Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Quality_of_Service

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  • UnknownUnknown
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