Bandwidth consumption

[The Geeky Panda]

I want to set a Priority of Bandwidth usage in my house right now I can run me and my sister's pcs on the router but I want to make sure to give her low priority, just enough to surf the web and load up videos at a good speed but giving me the supreme usage.

[Rip]

First off, that is cruel. Second off, none of the firmware within today's commercial home routers will allow for that type of setup. You're looking at some very expensive hardware (I'm sure lady can provide more info, its been a while since I was involved with Cisco equipment, but $10,000 is a good starting point) that has exactly what you want. There are a few other possible ways, but I have a real problem distributing that information unless you're paying for your Internet connection. I don't condone bandwidth prioritization especially when its almost malicious in intent.

[PMS Kahlo]

Second off, none of the firmware within today's commercial home routers will allow for that type of setup.

We have a Linksys WRT54G, you can (not that I'm recommending) download third party firmware that allows you to set bandwidth limits.

[Rip]

We have a Linksys WRT54G, you can (not that I'm recommending) download third party firmware that allows you to set bandwidth limits.
Which is a) unsupported by linksys. b) will instantly void his warrenty c) probably cause some funny tech support calls when he can't figure out how to use the poorly documented linux interface and d) doesn't alleviate the issue that I've got a moral problem with it in general.

Nothing against you herb, you're absolutely correct, but there are just some times I worry about the intentions behind this type of thing. I mean, if someone asked me how to hack into an SSH shell at their local college for whatever reason, I know someone from an IT thing I went to a few years back (PA Governor's School for Information Technology....fun times), but I wouldn't relay the question due to the questionable intent.

[The Geeky Panda]

my sister d/ls alot of stuff and I feel the lag and spikes and d/c because of her computer itself, she also bit torrents liek crazy and we are on DSL so yeh if she is doing it I can feel it

[PMS Kahlo]

Which is a) unsupported by linksys. b) will instantly void his warrenty c) probably cause some funny tech support calls when he can't figure out how to use the poorly documented linux interface and d) doesn't alleviate the issue that I've got a moral problem with it in general.

Nothing against you herb, you're absolutely correct, but there are just some times I worry about the intentions behind this type of thing. I mean, if someone asked me how to hack into an SSH shell at their local college for whatever reason, I know someone from an IT thing I went to a few years back (PA Governor's School for Information Technology....fun times), but I wouldn't relay the question due to the questionable intent.

True. I'm not advocating doing anything illegal. What he does with the information is his choice. It's not the info that's illegal, it's what you do with it. But in any case, perhaps this thread should just be closed. ;)

[Rip]

Indeed. Flip, if there is an issue with her network usage, go talk with her directly about her downloading habits. Bittorrent is a dangerous and inefficient way to get stuff, not to mention legality issues. If movies or music are what you're after, there are some nice legal services out that are very inexpensive. In the rare event the bt is legal, most bt programs allow one to limit speeds through the program itself. Load balancing based on IP or MAC address is not illegal on your own internal network, but considering how important things like net neutrality are, i have a very difficult time explicating that type of information even if it is to be used in a private network (not to mention the circumstances surrounding this make me raise my eyebrow in the first place).
I'm sure if you're that dedicated to finding the information its possible to come by, however I would suggest discussing the dangers of bittorrenting and suggest a few alternatives. Instead of doing something maliciously to degrade network performance for another family member, take an approach that won't strain family relations.