Hi, I have unifi at home and there is some selfish housemates who are dlling like mad and make the others all lag like hell..

i would like to limit their bandwidth but not blocking them ( that would be too cruel) which cannot be done with the free router that TM give us.

So i would like to buy a new modem / router with such function but i got no idea which one. SO can any pro around here kindly give me some recommendations ? don't too expensive pls ^^

Thanks

correct me if i'm wrong....can block port... for some programs .......

No rate limit on bandwidth on normal router

Well u can just use the "Advanced -> filter rules" to block his IP & MAC from even downloading

Anyway limiting also wont help if he/she will make noise later.. Best method just talk to him/her or exclude him/her from sharing/paying the broadband

TPLINK WR841ND. The price is around RM80. This router is value for money.

---

Added on May 6, 2012, 8:02 amNope that was back in the old days.

This post has been edited by cannavaro: May 6 2012, 08:02 AM

i tried that, but that will totally block them from everything which i dn want.. i tried p2pover.. wasnt helping...

If you are ready to get your hand dirty, Mikrotik allows you to limit the bandwidth and manage the network to great extent

my hands ald dirty.. hahhaha

If you are one of the housemates, why did you apply for internet without asking everyone to chip in for the monthly payment? That way, those paying ones can use it as they wish.

If you are the sole payee for the internet, then change password and don't share. Tell them you need the bandwith for your use. Or turn security on when you are at home and off when you leave so that they can use.

You should be selfish at times. In fact, secretly blocking or limiting is already selfish. Why not try plain honesty and be upfront with them? You think they won't notice when their download speed suddenly drop so much? Making them suspect you will be even worse.

If u use dlink dir516d u can use custom firmware of dd-wrt
i use dd-wrt custom firmware to managed my housemate bandwitch usage

u can actually use the Asus RTN13U which have known to to fully support UniFi and good news to you,u can adjust priority for users or the QOS too...best of all its cheap..hope it helps...aha the web link
http://my.asus.com/Networks/Wireless_Routers/RTN13U/

This is the simplest solution, download and use NetLimiter, but it is an internet speed limiter :
http://www.netlimiter.com/download.php

Free version is available, but if you want the full version you have to look elsewhere(!).

Basically it has to be installed on the computer that you want to limit the speed, you can choose what application you want to limit the speed (so for the entire computer it would be explorer.exe) and set the download speed. I have done this before. If you don't want the person to know this program is running just hide the taskbar icon. This is really a basic method but you might find useful.

block port of the site where ur friend download at.

think that will do..

Best would be to throttle his MAC address. Better yet, kick him off your wifi. Some people dont understand what sharing means. Either way, any solution will cost you some money.

THIS

even u limit .. after that he/she will complain and ask others why suddenly speed not normal? and will ask to call unifi centre.. what to do? so be honest each others will do, unless u running a company or cybercafe, it shud be a policy to do the cap.

Ask them apply for their own line.

if router can't support bandwidth limit you can use software
winpcap is one of the socket that can do that
for windows ofcuz

i oso having same problem and still cant find solution...

Make the WiFi signal weaker. LOL

What router TM give to u?

I use last time but I can't recall what brand was that. You can set limit bandwith by setting and mac address. It was simple plain vanilla. Easy. Aztech if I'm not mistaken. Other high-end router should have one.

get a tp link with auto balancer

use Qos la ..

Best solution: Priority-based QoS.

Assuming total available bandwidth is 1 mbps.


Here is an example of what could happen without QoS:

I am happily playing my MMORPG which takes ~100 kbps
Little brother starts downloading at 1 mbps
I start to experience lag and disconnects
Frustrated, I turn off the wireless connection (Evil, I know)
He comes to me whining about the internet


Here is an example of what could happen with hard caps on bandwidth:

I am happily playing my MMORPG which takes ~100 kbps
Little brother starts downloading at 800 kbps (Capped at 800 kbps)
My gameplay is unaffected
However, this method causes that remaining ~100 kbps of bandwidth to be wasted.


Here is an example of what could happen with priority-based QoS:

I am happily playing my MMORPG which takes ~100 kbps
Little brother starts downloading at 1 mbps
Router will give priority to packets that I send
My gameplay is unaffected and little brother’s download speed varies according to how much bandwidth I require at that time.
This method is much more efficient than the other two. I highly recommend it to anyone who shares their internet connection.


I’m using the Gargoyle Router Management Utility – which I find is much more user-friendly compared to OpenWRT that I was using previously. Gargoyle is available here: http://www.gargoyle-router.com/download.php.

This post has been edited by AmpBuster: Aug 29 2012, 03:36 PM

Since this is for unifi, just sharing

If you know how to do it, flash the router to DD-WRT firmware.
I'm not using TM's router but i'm using DD-WRT, i dont have a problem with torrent because i'm the only one torrenting plus i only do it at night when my family is sleeping. The problem I have is Youtube HD sucking the line, hence mine is set up to give priority to web browsing and throttle streaming vid/music. But,

Here you add torrent protocols to the filter...
[attachmentid=3023485]

Also, if you want to be really unfair you can priority by MAC address (their computer's hardware address)
[attachmentid=3023494]

Which you can easily get from here
[attachmentid=3023496]

You can also bring down their speed and possibility to connect to seeds/peers during their torrent session by limiting the total connections and the duration of the connections that the router can open.
[attachmentid=3023500]

There's a guide here for dd-wrt on TM's router: http://unifi.athena.my
But i have to warn you, you'll have to be very careful and fully focused when flashing and configuring the new firmware. There's a possibility that the router wont start again if you're doing it wrongly. Eg. Through WIRELESS which is a big no. Got balls?

This post has been edited by andrew9292: Aug 29 2012, 07:41 PM

stock TM DIR-615 can do it, but of course you have to flashed it to DDWRT first.

OMG everyone giving social advice. poor person just want to limit the other user cause they can't understand fair share and talking obviously didn't work so this is a must. i have a room mate who is r-ping my 20mgb unifi to a point where i can't use. so stop with the social advice and please let the community use your expertise on this topic. social advice would be elsewhere.

+1

i got tp-link 1043nd. Can perform bandwidth limit by ip address. Just set how much bandwidth you want to allocate to each ip address. I have two housemate who are sharing with my 5mbps UNIFI so I set 1.5mbps up/down to each of us. They can torrent all day long for all I care since the only bandwidth they are hogging is the bandwidth allocated to them.

How much for this wireless router? Is this router performed good? e.g wifi will drop 1-2 times per day (according to some user review)

Can you share your review?

I bought it around RM150.. I have a wifi drop too but not per day. 1 or none per month.It seldom occurs for me. Keep in mind that my UNIFI is turned on 24/7. I never powered off since I bought it.

Bandwidth limiting is also good. This is the main reason why I like this router. I have two housemate who abused torrent. And sometimes internet browsing is a pain in a s s but now it's never a problem because my UNIFI bandwidth is equally divided between us. They can still torrent but at the expense of their own dedicated bandwidth.

The only bad experience I have is the ethernet cable connection. When I turned on my PS3, it always says LAN cable is not connected. I takes 2-3 mins to stabilized the connection between the router and my PS3. After that its all good. I believe this is the problem of firmware. I haven't upgraded mine yet.

I think this is good for TS. I will get 1 too for myself.
Thanks for sharing.

i am using tp link router TL-WR841N (rm78)

there is bandwidth control rules list , you can set ingress/outgress bandwidth based on port range by individual ip .

Does Gargoyle work with Unifi? I don't see the VLAN settings option in the router management utility.