OT: Bandwidth limiting

Asmala · #1 April 18th, 2004, 11:05 AM

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 · #2 April 18th, 2004, 04:20 PM

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 · #3 April 18th, 2004, 07:02 PM

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 · #4 April 18th, 2004, 08:56 PM

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 · #5 April 18th, 2004, 09:10 PM

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

Phoenix-D · #6 April 18th, 2004, 09:19 PM

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.

Captain Kwok · #7 April 18th, 2004, 10:09 PM

Why would SE:IV cause any problems with bandwidth or framerate...

Ed Kolis · #8 April 18th, 2004, 11:24 PM

Sounds like a virus or spyware to me... might want to try out AdAware and Avast Antivirus to clean up your system, you never know what you might find

Fyron · #9 April 19th, 2004, 12:30 AM

Keep in mind that pretty much all home-use routers out there run a modified Version of Linux. They certainly are not more powerful than a 486.

Asmala · #10 April 19th, 2004, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by 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.

Yes I'm sure, since surfing and playing are happening at different computers. The game works smoothly until I click a new link.

Quote:

Originally posted by Ed Kolis:
Sounds like a virus or spyware to me... might want to try out AdAware and Avast Antivirus to clean up your system, you never know what you might find

I already have AdAware. And why it'd be a virus or spyware program? In that case surely it would lag all the time.