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How to limit the speed of another user on the same wireless router?

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  • Wireless Router
  • Routers
  • Netgear
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August 20, 2014 2:46:55 AM

Hi , as the topic says ,my router is netgear n300 wireless router ,any help is really appreciated .

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August 20, 2014 3:05:12 AM

Not really possible. QoS helps a bit.
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August 20, 2014 3:08:48 AM

Azizinum said:
Hi , as the topic says ,my router is netgear n300 wireless router ,any help is really appreciated .


Some higher end routers support port throttling but most consumer models do not.
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August 20, 2014 3:11:21 AM

Pinhedd said:
Azizinum said:
Hi , as the topic says ,my router is netgear n300 wireless router ,any help is really appreciated .


Some higher end routers support port throttling but most consumer models do not.


I know business class routers allow it but I don't know any consumer routers that can.
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August 20, 2014 3:12:45 AM

so its impossible u saying ? any software can help me do that or there isn't :S ? cause what bothers is people connecting with there phones on the router and ping just go high while playing games u know >.>
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August 20, 2014 3:14:25 AM

Azizinum said:
so its impossible u saying ? any software can help me do that or there isn't :S ?


You could install software on the computer that you wish to port throttle if you wish. However, if the router does not support port throttling then there's no way to do it at the router itself.

If it's that important to you, take a look into some business solutions from Cisco.
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August 20, 2014 3:17:17 AM

Pinhedd said:
Azizinum said:
so its impossible u saying ? any software can help me do that or there isn't :S ?


You could install software on the computer that you wish to port throttle if you wish. However, if the router does not support port throttling then there's no way to do it at the router itself.

If it's that important to you, take a look into some business solutions from Cisco.


matter of fact its for home use , and aiming cheap solution , but ill give it a look why not :)  , and thanks all for help !
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August 20, 2014 3:19:24 AM

Pinhedd said:
Azizinum said:
so its impossible u saying ? any software can help me do that or there isn't :S ?


You could install software on the computer that you wish to port throttle if you wish. However, if the router does not support port throttling then there's no way to do it at the router itself.

If it's that important to you, take a look into some business solutions from Cisco.


Agree, I'm setting one up for my work at the moment. Awesome features, but not cheap.
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August 20, 2014 3:23:10 AM

byza said:
Pinhedd said:
Azizinum said:
so its impossible u saying ? any software can help me do that or there isn't :S ?


You could install software on the computer that you wish to port throttle if you wish. However, if the router does not support port throttling then there's no way to do it at the router itself.

If it's that important to you, take a look into some business solutions from Cisco.


Agree, I'm setting one up for my work at the moment. Awesome features, but not cheap.


hmm any suggestion on which router to buy , as for my case ? even if it's a bit pricey
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August 20, 2014 3:55:18 AM

We got a RV320 although I was limited to what was available locally in Aus and it was the cheapest with dual WAN and VPN. Honestly I don't know if this router has the port limiting or not, only got it online yesterday and fiddling with it hasn't been my highest priority, but I read that some Cisco business routers have that feature when I was researching them.
You might want to look at adding more access points. Consumer routers aren't made to handle lots of devices simultaneously and can get overloaded, which is one of the main reasons we switched over to a business router, however adding a network switch and another AP can reduce the strain on your router and might reduce your ping.
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August 20, 2014 4:45:27 AM

byza said:
We got a RV320 although I was limited to what was available locally in Aus and it was the cheapest with dual WAN and VPN. Honestly I don't know if this router has the port limiting or not, only got it online yesterday and fiddling with it hasn't been my highest priority, but I read that some Cisco business routers have that feature when I was researching them.
You might want to look at adding more access points. Consumer routers aren't made to handle lots of devices simultaneously and can get overloaded, which is one of the main reasons we switched over to a business router, however adding a network switch and another AP can reduce the strain on your router and might reduce your ping.


Cisco's RV series routers are the best. I have an RV042 myself which has per-port link limiting and per-port priority. It also has transport layer bandwidth management which is unheard of in consumer routers.
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August 20, 2014 5:23:14 AM

Your only option with your current router and this is a "maybe" is to load third party firmware like dd-wrt on it. First you need the actual model number since n300 has a bunch of models. If it is DSL then third party firmware is a dead option in most cases.

So lets assume you get some router running dd-wrt you still have some issues. It is almost impossible to limit traffic say from one wireless device to another wireless device. You can but you would have to make them appear as 2 separate networks. Going from wireless to wired or to the internet is a little easier. Still the QoS in dd-wrt is not a simple thing to learn. The tomato firmware version of the QoS is the most advanced if you can get it to run on your router. The main issue with tomato QoS is that it tries to do way too much on router and you can quickly exceed your router cpu capacity. Still even tomato take a lot of study to get a good filter.

Now the easy way is to spend the big money and buy commercial equipment. Now by commercial I mean real cisco IOS or juniper junos based equipment not he cisco small business stuff. These have traffic management options that are well documented with many samples so they tend to be easier to learn. The big problem is the cost. Even the lower end devices will cost your 3 or 4 times the cost of even the top consumer routers.

If you have the time to read lots of poorly written documentation dd-wrt is going to be your best bet.

Still remember even the top of the line commercial unit can not fully control wireless. A lot of this is handled at the hardware level so if the traffic is going wireless machine to wireless machine it gets very tricky to do much about this.
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August 22, 2014 4:58:12 AM

bill001g said:
Your only option with your current router and this is a "maybe" is to load third party firmware like dd-wrt on it. First you need the actual model number since n300 has a bunch of models. If it is DSL then third party firmware is a dead option in most cases.

So lets assume you get some router running dd-wrt you still have some issues. It is almost impossible to limit traffic say from one wireless device to another wireless device. You can but you would have to make them appear as 2 separate networks. Going from wireless to wired or to the internet is a little easier. Still the QoS in dd-wrt is not a simple thing to learn. The tomato firmware version of the QoS is the most advanced if you can get it to run on your router. The main issue with tomato QoS is that it tries to do way too much on router and you can quickly exceed your router cpu capacity. Still even tomato take a lot of study to get a good filter.

Now the easy way is to spend the big money and buy commercial equipment. Now by commercial I mean real cisco IOS or juniper junos based equipment not he cisco small business stuff. These have traffic management options that are well documented with many samples so they tend to be easier to learn. The big problem is the cost. Even the lower end devices will cost your 3 or 4 times the cost of even the top consumer routers.

If you have the time to read lots of poorly written documentation dd-wrt is going to be your best bet.

Still remember even the top of the line commercial unit can not fully control wireless. A lot of this is handled at the hardware level so if the traffic is going wireless machine to wireless machine it gets very tricky to do much about this.


great information ,and nice to know there is a third party firmware , but i do have the dsl router and what i need to control is the wireless connection due people in the house use the wifi on their phones , guess i have to go with the other solution you suggested , and thanks a lot for the tip .
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