Housemate downloading constantly

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I hardly ever game but have recently started playing Quake live a couple of times. My housemate constantly downloads stuff and/or watches videos on youtube which rapes the connection making it un-playable. Earlier I was also trying to revise for work and every ~29 seconds it would stop for a bit then resume - highly annoying

I do not have access to the router in our public building, is there a way to block / limit his connection?
 
If you've any say over the network at all might be worth trying something like the Netgear Prosafe G105E (note the E - the non E are fully unmanaged switches) or similiar model that has QoS and rate limiting, etc. and putting it between the PCs and the router - disclaimer I've never actually tried to use those features though to see if they can prioritise gaming enough to help though but in theory might. (Obviously his PC has to go through the switch).
 
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Its probably not so much the downloading/youtube thats making it unplayable but hes probably one of those inconsiderate ***** that just leaves the torrent client sitting there cycling connections and randomly uploading all day long even when not downloading which kills many routers in regards to gaming and on older routers and/or ones not setup with lots of connections can make web-browsing a bit hit and miss at the best of times.
 
You could get on his computer and change the NIC or wireless adaptor speed.

Would not advice this as it's a serious breach of privacy, but it would restrict speed if you have a very fast connection (only if you have a fast connection will this be in any way effective).
 
davido_labido said:
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Honestly I've been there over this issue before when people haven't changed their ways after being asked nicely several times (especially when it wasn't even their connection or one of the people who actually contributed to the cost). Its the only way to get through to some people sometimes :|
 
Can I suggest a Draytek 2860n?

With Draytek QOS you can allocate bandwidth by percentage, say 50% to you and 50% to your room mate. The QOS allocation only kicks in when bandwidth is congested so everyone gets 100% when no one else is using the internet, but regardless of whats happening you each get your 50% share.

http://www.draytek.co.uk/archive/kb/kb_qos.html

Another benefit is you can set virtual private lans, so your mates computer(s) are separate from yours.
 
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Is it definitely your housemate?
If its a shared building and you share a connection and have no access to the router. How do you know it's them and not X amount of other people doing it?
 
Ive wacked his NIC speed on 10mb half duplex and that has made no difference. Time to look at software to limit connection speed
 
Technically, without access to the router interface, there's not much you can do about it.

You could try asking the person who is in administers the router to establish QoS/throttling etc.. as it's likely that it will be affecting other users on the network

How fast is this connection?
 
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