Want to reduce network speed on one port of switch/router

[martin26uk]

Hi, i want to limit the speed on one of the connections on my home LAN. Basically my brother is going to buy a wireless router and wants one of his friends across the road to have access to it so he has internet access. This guy is a dole dosser so i know he will be downloading all day - but as my bro pays for 1/2 of the internet i cant stop him. So i thought i'l try and slow down the speed so it doesnt affect my own internet speed much.

My setup will be

Cable Feed Coming In from my ISP to >

> Wired Router which feeds my PC & my sisters PC

>Wired Router will then feed the Wireless Router

And then the wireless router will feed my bro's laptop and his friends PC

I also have a Netgear Ethernet switch which is in my drawer - dont know if this could do the job ?

Anything i can do without causing an arguement ?

[luke.mccormick]

if the switch is manageable(either thru web browser or console port) then there may be a way in there, otherwise the only other way i see possible is to put a 10 mb bridge or hub between the two.

[ripken204]

well also you have to take into regard that he is across the street, meaning that if he even does get a connection, it would prolly suck anyways. so just wait and see how it is, most likely he will be getting a very slow connection.

[bj-kaiser]

My recommendation would be to get a wireless router/ap that is known to support OpenWrt or one of the other alternative firmwares. Reason: at least OpenWrt has a Howto in their documentation for setting up QOS (quality of service).

link: http://wiki.openwrt.org/MiniHowtos/QoSHowto

QOS would allow you to give protocols like http, ftp and sip (voip telephony) a higher priority than p2p or simply other traffic.

oh, and be sure to get a device that has at least one USB port, so you can use a usb flash drive to extend the routers memory capacity. You will surely find a way to use it, as most routers only come with like 4MB flash memory.