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I am about to begin working at home, and live with 2 people that also like using the Internet. Being a web developer myself, I rely on a fast connection.

I was wondering if there was anything I could do within my Router (some D-link) to throttle the speed for different IPs. This would allow me to limit their download speed, and be much less likely they could exceed our allocated bandwidth for the month.

Is there a way to do this?

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You can use the router's QoS feature to give your machine priority over the others. Otherwise you can install a third party firmware to do traffic shaping.

EDIT: Third Party firmware - DD-WRT. You can check if your model d-link is supported here.

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Thanks, I will look into this. – alex May 13 '09 at 2:09
I'll second the 3rd party firmware, I just wish it was working on my current router. – Unkwntech May 13 '09 at 2:35
Just wondering, is it possible to stuff up the installation of this and ruin my Dlink ? Is it possible to put the original firmware back on in case of emergency? – alex May 19 '09 at 11:29
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If your router has some QoS features, then yes. Look in the admin settings.

If not, you could use an old PC and pfSense or m0n0wall

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