Hi guys, any ideas on this one:

several hundred users access the internet via a single 2Mb connection. This usually isn't a problem however when a user downloads a large file it kills the internet connection available to the rest of the users, the situation can get rediculous if two or three users are downloading files.

I was hoping there may be a download limit in group policy or maybe some third party application available.

Thanks

Andy

You will likely need a dedicated hardware device (preferrably the router) that provides bandwidth provisioning and has QoS capabilities, or install a firewall that has these capabilities. Neither of these options will be cheap, unfortunately.

You have good intentions, but you're talking about doing some serious traffic shaping and QoS on a per user (or per IP) basis, which requires a very smart device. It might seem simple in theory, but in practice this is not something that is done easily.

I'd have thought there would be some kind of group policy that simply restricts internet exporer from download over a certain speed.

On my machine at home I use netlimiter to monitor and resrict the incoming and outgoing traffic.

Andyway, thanks for you advise.

Andy

Sorry - this is a bit beyond the scope of group policy.

Lower the maximum simultaneous HTTP connections for the web browser.