bandwidth control/mngt.. help me...

[bigpoppa]

hi guys, this is my first post here and im gonna ask a question.

is there anyway that i could limit the bandwidth of all the pc's in my network? you know, to reduce lag... my setup is adslmodem/hub/router...


is there a software which could do this? or hardware?

thanks a lot

 

[folken]

There are basically two choices for that. An extremely expensive piece of network hardware or a well configured linux router. If you have an old computer laying around that you can put 2 network cards in the linux router would be a cheap/free solution
ClarkConnect does a decent job of bandwidth management but i'm sure with some research you could get it working really slick.

 

[bigpoppa]

does it have to be linux? hehe i dont know how to use linux... is there any windows version of this?

 

[icemann77]

bigpoppa your setup should be adsl->router->hub. and find a router with QOS functionality so that you can assign the bandwidth that you want for that certain pc.

 

[bigpoppa]

bigpoppa your setup should be adsl->router->hub. and find a router with QOS functionality so that you can assign the bandwidth that you want for that certain pc.

whats QOS? don't give me techno jargons guys hehe