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Folca
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
2235 Posts
August 04 2009 17:51 GMT
#1
Is there a way for your computer to suck up all the bandwidth of a internet service provider and leave the other computers hooked up to it dry?
If you can find out a way to do that, I will fucking bow to your knees because someone in our family likes to suck internet bandwidth dick by downloading man-porn all day so I can't play any fucking L4D.


*
Dea : one time when he was playing vs the comps he asked me "how do I make that flying unit that makes the other stuff invisible" and I reply "ur playing terran zomg"
Yiruru
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Canada690 Posts
August 04 2009 18:00 GMT
#2
I assume you have a router, just look for some firmware that supports QoS. I just use it to filter BT traffic and prioritize other stuff.
broz0rs
Profile Joined July 2008
United States2294 Posts
August 04 2009 18:11 GMT
#3
On August 05 2009 03:00 Yiruru wrote:
I assume you have a router, just look for some firmware that supports QoS. I just use it to filter BT traffic and prioritize other stuff.


took the words out of my keyboard. check out bandwidith throttling for routers and you'll find out about QoS features in routers. there's a lot to read, but once you know the basics its easy to enable it in your router. most routers should have the feature now, but if you have an older one the feature might not be available. Here's how i set up my router so that my computer and my wireless PS3 has the most priority.

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DrywMz
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States394 Posts
August 04 2009 18:13 GMT
#4
You could just put the upload rate on their torrent program to like 1kbps and that should fix it.
backdrOp
Profile Joined November 2005
United States104 Posts
August 04 2009 18:15 GMT
#5
if i max out my download/upload on BT no one can use the internet/it takes forever to load anything
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11554 Posts
August 04 2009 18:22 GMT
#6
lock them out of the router lol
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
Sadistx
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
August 04 2009 18:44 GMT
#7
because someone in our family likes to suck internet bandwidth dick by downloading man-porn all day so I can't play any fucking L4D.

Or you could just ask them? They are your family after all.
Dromar
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States2145 Posts
August 04 2009 19:40 GMT
#8
On August 05 2009 03:15 backdrOp wrote:
if i max out my download/upload on BT no one can use the internet/it takes forever to load anything


ya me too.
Folca
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
2235 Posts
August 04 2009 19:53 GMT
#9
On August 05 2009 03:44 Sadistx wrote:
Show nested quote +
because someone in our family likes to suck internet bandwidth dick by downloading man-porn all day so I can't play any fucking L4D.

Or you could just ask them? They are your family after all.

If you think a family is all happy-face and they live happily ever after, then you are seriously wrong sir.
Dea : one time when he was playing vs the comps he asked me "how do I make that flying unit that makes the other stuff invisible" and I reply "ur playing terran zomg"
deconduo
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Ireland4122 Posts
August 04 2009 20:01 GMT
#10
You could also cut them off completely by putting on MAC authorisation, if it really is as bad as you say.
Fontong
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States6454 Posts
August 04 2009 20:09 GMT
#11
On August 05 2009 05:01 deconduo wrote:
You could also cut them off completely by putting on MAC authorisation, if it really is as bad as you say.

Pretty sure that OP's family would get suspicious if the OP is suddenly and mysteriously the only one with working internet.

Better solution is to just cap everyone else's internet so that they can't hog it all with pron DLs.
[SECRET FONT] "Dragoon bunker"
andiCR
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Costa Rica2273 Posts
August 04 2009 20:25 GMT
#12
The QoS does not help me at all. I have tried endless times... but that doesnt stop youtube streaming from fucking up my connection
Nightmare1795 wrote: I played a guy in bronze who said he was Japanese. That was the only game I ever dropped a nuke, which was purely coincidental.
Archaic
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States4024 Posts
August 04 2009 20:57 GMT
#13
What eats more bandwidth, the DL or UL from torrent applications? I've had the same problem, but just dealt with it by skipping videos entirely until the download is complete.
CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-04 22:25:49
August 04 2009 22:24 GMT
#14
oh damn I have a linsys router, I'm gonna try this lol ( i think the exact same one in the screenshot)

broz0rs, what is the significance of the optimize gaming apps check box?
..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
andiCR
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Costa Rica2273 Posts
August 04 2009 22:27 GMT
#15
On August 05 2009 07:24 CharlieMurphy wrote:
oh damn I have a linsys router, I'm gonna try this lol ( i think the exact same one in the screenshot)

broz0rs, what is the significance of the optimize gaming apps check box?

in my experience, NONE. Please, if you do find a difference, let me know
Nightmare1795 wrote: I played a guy in bronze who said he was Japanese. That was the only game I ever dropped a nuke, which was purely coincidental.
Yiruru
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Canada690 Posts
August 04 2009 22:38 GMT
#16
Hes just prioritizing different ports, so he won't lag if hes playing PS3 and someone decides to torrent. Then when hes done, the torrents should resume their normal speed. Before I set QoS, I would usually spike all day when I play DotA, so I just set my MAC address to have highest priority, since my sister refuses to torrent overnight and does it during the day for whatever reason. If QoS doesn't work, you probably have a slow connection or something, or you could try changing firmwares :x

DL/UL for torrents really depend on your ISP, on some programs (Like BitComet) you can usually get away with limiting your UL speed without affecting DL speeds
Elite00fm
Profile Joined January 2008
United States548 Posts
August 04 2009 22:56 GMT
#17
enable dmz?
1a2a3aProtoss
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada25 Posts
August 04 2009 22:59 GMT
#18
on my 2wire router i can just block specific programs, torrents and even youtube :D
Folca
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
2235 Posts
August 05 2009 00:23 GMT
#19
Ok nothing in this thread helped at all.
Bump, im still looking for some kind of way that I can prioritize my computer to have the highest bandwidth.
Dea : one time when he was playing vs the comps he asked me "how do I make that flying unit that makes the other stuff invisible" and I reply "ur playing terran zomg"
Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
August 05 2009 01:13 GMT
#20
so... you don't have a router?

or you just flat out ignored the first suggestion?
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