Download Speed Limit

[quinla01]

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

[cluberti]

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.

[quinla01]

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

[cluberti]

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

[RJARRRPCGP]

Lower the maximum simultaneous HTTP connections for the web browser.