How Do I Limit Bandwidth

jbloggs · 17 Nov 2006 at 10:57

I have a friend who is in student accomodation, he has a BE Unlimited BB service, ie 24Mbps, attached to this there are 22 laptops/Desktops, mostly via wireless, but a few wired.

He is using the supplied wireless router, a Thompson Speedtouch 716g, the documentation for it can be found:

https://www.bethere.co.uk/equipmentFAQ.do

And

https://www.bethere.co.uk/dataSheet.do

He wishes to limit the badwidth that each person can use, ie to stop P2P use mostly or only allow it overnight, how could he do this by either using the features within the router, ie by IP filtering via the Firewall, ALGs (Application Level Gateways), by so 3rd party software, or by some other method?

Many thanks for your suggestions.

jbloggs · 17 Nov 2006 at 11:49

Just an update, it is NOT the Thompson Speedtouch 716g that he was supplied with, BUT the Thompson Speedtouch 780.

VaderDSL · 17 Nov 2006 at 11:54

So he lives with 22 others? Does he provide the connection himself? Need a few more details, is he wanting something cheap as possible?

He could get an old cheap PC (Pentium III) and run something like Clarkconnect, monowall etc, or buy a router with QOS built in etc.?

jbloggs · 17 Nov 2006 at 12:37

VaderDSL wrote:

Does he provide the connection himself?

Yes, the BT phone line and the BE Unlimited account are both in his name, he wishes to put in place a system that will enable him to stop people abusing it, ie someone running P2P continually and taking a lot of bandwidth, so he would like to block this or to only allow it over-night, ie between the hours of 12MN-8am.

He would also like to log (if possible) websites that they would visit, so he could make sure they are not on any one that would entail breaking the law.

He already has the BE Unlimited bb service activated and the Speedtouch 780 installed and laptops/desktops connected, via the Speedtouch 780 to the internet.

Are these things possible to achieve with the Security options offered in the router that he has, the Speedtouch 780 or possible through 3rd party software, or a combination of both?

Many thanks.