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| Thread ID: 111124 | 2010-07-15 03:42:00 | Need internet management for after Big Time... | Agent_24 (57) | Press F1 |
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| 1118876 | 2010-07-15 03:42:00 | I just got switched over to the new cabinet this morning. Now I'm connected at 17Mbit :D (I expected 24Mbit since it's only 200 metres away, but what the hell, it's a lot better than 2Mbit) I realised then, that with such a fast speed, and the inevitability of a cap when Big Time is finally gone that I will have to potential to waste it (the cap) far too quickly. Apart from Telecom allowing you to pick which traffic uses the cap and which only runs at 64K (which is not possible) I figured the next best thing would be to add a router running OpenWRT or such into the mix and use that to manage traffic speeds, and slow down certain sites like Youtube (If all that is possible with OpenWRT) The thing is I don't have the first idea about what is the right hardware to run OpenWRT on. Clearly it is targeting to Linksys routers but I also have certain requirements myself. I don't want something with ADSL or WiFi inbuilt. I just want a simple router with Ethernet ports. I want to have a separate ADSL modem etc for ease of changeability and upgrades etc, without having to upgrade the entire thing. It also must have very good support for OpenWRT, not require me to do any screwing around and work well. (I have tried OpenWRT before on a DSL-502T and it was slow and caused a lot of headaches) Does this exist, and can OpenWRT do what I want? What do those who use OpenWRT run themselves? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1118877 | 2010-07-15 04:05:00 | Check the compatibility list, also look at dd-wrt. very similar to open WRT but i think it supports more routers. the settings would be around the QoS (quality of service) and is usually managed according to protocol (UDP, HTTP, FTP etc) not sure how you could slow youtube down though because the actual video streaming comes under HTTP so the whole web service would be slowed | The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1118878 | 2010-07-15 04:54:00 | I don't think QoS is what I'm looking for. I don't want to slow down all HTTP traffic, I want to slow down traffic only from youtube.com for example. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1118879 | 2010-07-15 05:08:00 | probably some sort of filter i guess. not sure where you would find one of those | The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1118880 | 2010-07-15 05:21:00 | probably some sort of filter i guess. not sure where you would find one of those So OpenWRT\DD-Wrt etc don't support any feature like that? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1118881 | 2010-07-15 05:32:00 | Overkill: Windows Server 2000/2003 and Microsoft ISA Server 2006. |
Cellux (15145) | ||
| 1118882 | 2010-07-15 05:32:00 | Not sure. I have used it since I got a new router that doesn't yet support DD. they may have added since this feature since I last used. check their website. being open source you should be able to make your own version of QoS for this specific requirement. I wouldn't know where to start but it won't be that hard. eg, URL="youtube.com Rx max=100 Tx=0 (0 is usually unlimited) you don't want to limit your upload/connection queries | The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1118883 | 2010-07-15 05:36:00 | www.dd-wrt.com It supports individual IP's so add youtubes IP and give it a low priority. dunno if this will work though. read through it in less than 30secs like it did | The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1118884 | 2010-07-15 06:51:00 | Grab a router which supports the Tomato firmware, and use the QoS in that. It's excellent, and allows you to do things like shape certain traffic to 64k, allow others unrestricted access, etc. My favourite router for running 3rd party firmware at the moment is the Asus RT-N16 - it's fast, has a ton of memory and ROM, and did I mention it's fast? It runs Tomato nicely: tomatousb.org | somebody (208) | ||
| 1118885 | 2010-07-15 07:57:00 | I'd try on my linksys but im trying to rebuild WEP and WPA in a more secure form. Its failing. | The Error Guy (14052) | ||
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