Sharing connection/controlling bandwidth?

I want to share an internet connection with my son, but I want to be able to
control the bandwidth he is allowed at any one time. I also want to be able
to control the bandwidth in realtime. I have a computer that stays on 24/7
and is connected using a Cat5 cable to a wireless access point, I access the
system from my computer using a wireless network card but if he connects
directly to the wireless access point, he will be able to get full bandwidth
all the time. Is there another option, like adding a usb wireless network
card and allowing him to connect to that. I understand there is some
software out there that will allow bandwidth setting for this purpose. Can
you help suggest which way to go on this one??

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Steve says...
> I want to share an internet connection with my son, but I want to be able to
> control the bandwidth he is allowed at any one time. I also want to be able
> to control the bandwidth in realtime. I have a computer that stays on 24/7
> and is connected using a Cat5 cable to a wireless access point, I access the
> system from my computer using a wireless network card but if he connects
> directly to the wireless access point, he will be able to get full bandwidth
> all the time. Is there another option, like adding a usb wireless network
> card and allowing him to connect to that. I understand there is some
> software out there that will allow bandwidth setting for this purpose. Can
> you help suggest which way to go on this one??
>
You need a router that does traffic shaping or set up a server running
Linux and use that as an ICS box/firewall.


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"Conor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Steve says...
>> I want to share an internet connection with my son, but I want to be able
>> to
>> control the bandwidth he is allowed at any one time. I also want to be
>> able
>> to control the bandwidth in realtime. I have a computer that stays on
>> 24/7
>> and is connected using a Cat5 cable to a wireless access point, I access
>> the
>> system from my computer using a wireless network card but if he connects
>> directly to the wireless access point, he will be able to get full
>> bandwidth
>> all the time. Is there another option, like adding a usb wireless
>> network
>> card and allowing him to connect to that. I understand there is some
>> software out there that will allow bandwidth setting for this purpose.
>> Can
>> you help suggest which way to go on this one??
>>
> You need a router that does traffic shaping or set up a server running
> Linux and use that as an ICS box/firewall.
>
>
> --

Is there nothing for a Windows XP PC to do this job ?

"Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Conor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed). ..
> > In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Steve says...
> >> I want to share an internet connection with my son, but I want to be
> >> able to control the bandwidth he is allowed at any one time. I also
> >> want to be able to control the bandwidth in realtime.
[snip]
> > You need a router that does traffic shaping or set up a server running
> > Linux and use that as an ICS box/firewall.
>
> Is there nothing for a Windows XP PC to do this job ?

There is software for bandwidth control for Windows, for example:
Bandwidth Controller (http://www.bandwidthcontroller.com/)
NetLimiter (http://www.netlimiter.com/)

I think the former meets your requirements (but I've not used either).
However, unless you are controlling bandwidth directly on your son's system,
you need to do the control on the route between your son's system and the
Internet.

You may get better answers by describing the problem you are trying to solve
instead of requirements for your solution (which is what you appear to be
doing).

Alex

"Alex Fraser" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> "Conor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed). ..
>> > In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Steve says...
>> >> I want to share an internet connection with my son, but I want to be
>> >> able to control the bandwidth he is allowed at any one time. I also
>> >> want to be able to control the bandwidth in realtime.
> [snip]
>> > You need a router that does traffic shaping or set up a server running
>> > Linux and use that as an ICS box/firewall.
>>
>> Is there nothing for a Windows XP PC to do this job ?
>
> There is software for bandwidth control for Windows, for example:
> Bandwidth Controller (http://www.bandwidthcontroller.com/)
> NetLimiter (http://www.netlimiter.com/)
>
> I think the former meets your requirements (but I've not used either).
> However, unless you are controlling bandwidth directly on your son's
> system,
> you need to do the control on the route between your son's system and the
> Internet.
>
> You may get better answers by describing the problem you are trying to
> solve
> instead of requirements for your solution (which is what you appear to be
> doing).
>
> Alex
>
CC Proxy is an option if you set your sons PC to use a static IP address.
It is free from http://www.youngzsoft.net/ . You can set the amount of
bandwidth available and the time it is accessible.

Tony wrote:

>>
>
> CC Proxy is an option if you set your sons PC to use a static IP address.
> It is free from http://www.youngzsoft.net/ . You can set the amount of
> bandwidth available and the time it is accessible.
>
>

CC Proxy is far from free it falls into the rather murky free download
corner of Windows shareware -- "pretendware" . Windows sharware authors
seem to sow confusion on what is freeware and what is demo software, a
practice echoed by many software repositories. Gradually the old
fashioned Jim Button school of honesty based shareware has died out.
Pretendware dosen't exist to anything like the same extent in the nix
world .

"Ernest Bilko" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Tony wrote:
>
>>>
>>
>> CC Proxy is an option if you set your sons PC to use a static IP address.
>> It is free from http://www.youngzsoft.net/ . You can set the amount of
>> bandwidth available and the time it is accessible.
>
> CC Proxy is far from free it falls into the rather murky free download
> corner of Windows shareware -- "pretendware" . Windows sharware authors
> seem to sow confusion on what is freeware and what is demo software, a
> practice echoed by many software repositories. Gradually the old fashioned
> Jim Button school of honesty based shareware has died out. Pretendware
> dosen't exist to anything like the same extent in the nix world .

It is fully functional & free for up to 3 users - usually enough for home
use. I so far as you don't have to pay for it and it is useable makes it
free to me!