Re: Roomate Hogging all of the Bandwidth

don0223 <don0223.2yn7gr@no-mx.wirelessforums.org> 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.

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"Jeff Liebermann" <jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote in message
news:920fh39u1n2gjv260du2do5hskc16gm8ld@4ax.com...
> don0223 <don0223.2yn7gr@no-mx.wirelessforums.org> 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.

jch wrote:
> "Jeff Liebermann" <jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote in message
> news:920fh39u1n2gjv260du2do5hskc16gm8ld@4ax.com...
>> don0223 <don0223.2yn7gr@no-mx.wirelessforums.org> 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.

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Phil Nelson