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JacobD
New Contributor II
2 years ago

Can I throttle my own connection?

I have Ultimate 500 connection but some of my devices are data hogs which results in data overages. I have a panoramic gateway. Is it possible to manually throttle a specific device on my network? ...
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WiderMouthOpen
Esteemed Contributor

Not with the panoramic gateway. Why are the specific devices data hogs? Is that anything you can adjust? You could install a 10/100Mb switch between your gateway and the "hogs" which would physically throttle them to 100Mbps. You could also bridge the gateway and buy your own router that has QoS to limit the total bandwidth, not just speed.

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ExtraChrispy
Contributor III
2 years ago

Inserting a 10/100 link in the mix is not likely to have a demonstrative impact.  If it's upload that's saturating your utilization, a 100Mbps link would still be faster than the upload channel and not significantly slower enough than 500 to really matter.

On the consumer side, a router w/QoS is likely to be the most economical approach.

My weapon of choice however is pfSense.  The traffic shaper feature is highly tunable by source, destination, as well as schedules.  If you're technically proficient, adventurous, and have a spare PC of some sort with 2 or more Ethernet ports it's free to try.

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    WiderMouthOpen
    Esteemed Contributor
    2 years ago
    Inserting a 10/100 link in the mix is not likely to have a demonstrative impact

    Yea, I was thinking that after I typed it. pfSense is a great solution but one probably beyond the technical prowess of the OP. I have a Asus router and it has 3 kinds of QoS. You would want one that has a bandwidth limiter atleast.

    Quality of Service (QoS) ensures bandwidth for prioritized tasks and applications.

    • Adaptive QoS ensures inbound and outbound bandwidth on both wired and wireless connections for prioritized applications and tasks via pre-defined, drag-and-drop presets: gaming, media streaming, VoIP, web surfing and file transferring.
    • Traditional QoS ensures inbound and outbound bandwidth on both wired and wireless connections for prioritized applications and tasks via manual user-defined parameters.
    • Bandwidth Limiter lets you set limits on download and upload speeds.