OT: Bandwidth limiting

[Asmala]

I have a shared internet connection, and currently playing internet games and surfing simultaneusly leads to problems. Every time time a new page is loaded, the browser uses all available bandwidth. As you can guess, that's not nice for the player. So, I need a bandwidth limiter (for Windows 98). Any suggestions?

[TerranC]

Try this: Netlimiter (Shareware) .

From the description, this seems like the software you're looking for. I hope you don't mind paying a bit though; it's a shareware, and it'll expire after 28 days.

[Fyron]

If you have an old computer laying around, you can set up Linux on it and run it as a router. Use QoS packet scheduling to allocate bandwidth and such.

[Asmala]

I tested Netlimiter and it's a nice program. However, the game lags even if I set 5 kB/s limit for surfing (I've 256/256 ADSL connection). Any ideas why it lags, there's more than 20 kB/s left for the game and it should be enough.

Fyron, the only old computer which I've laying around is a 486 and I'm afraid it's too slow.

[Aiken]

x486 is enough for mini linux or bsd distro for routers, like www.coyotelinux.com (486DX+12Mb RAM, no HDD required)

[Phoenix-D]

Are you sure you're actually experiencing lag, and not loss of framerate? Could be the game and the browswer at the same time use too much of your CPU for smooth gameplay.