Limit wireless speeds

[_SNOWMAN_]

I pretty much know nothing about routes. I'm trying to limit an SSID. I have people using my wireless and slowing me down. I cant cut them off but want to limit them. I set up an SSID for myself and made it hidden and has a password. I set up a guest SSID also with a password and also Isolate Clients is ticked. How do I actually limit the speed though? I have 15/1 and would like guest to be something like 4/.05...... if its even possible. Any help appreciated.    The route is a Comtrend, NexusLink 3112u  if it helps

[snortings]

Seems a bit selfish to me.

[JefferyD90]

23 minutes ago, _SNOWMAN_ said:

I pretty much know nothing about routes. I'm trying to limit an SSID. I have people using my wireless and slowing me down. I cant cut them off but want to limit them. I set up an SSID for myself and made it hidden and has a password. I set up a guest SSID also with a password and also Isolate Clients is ticked. How do I actually limit the speed though? I have 15/1 and would like guest to be something like 4/.05...... if its even possible. Any help appreciated.    The route is a Comtrend, NexusLink 3112u  if it helps

That is the worst router ever, but you'll need to use a QoS metod

[KenjiUmino]

set that network to "wireless B/G only" and your own "special" network to N or AC if you can set that for each SSID seperately with your router - in theory that should limit speeds to 54mbit/s for guest clients - but why would you want to do that ?

[_SNOWMAN_]

21 hours ago, JefferyD90 said:

QoS metod

I see QoS in settings but unsure what to do. There is

. QoS Queue

. QoS Policer

. QoS Classification

 

 

21 hours ago, KenjiUmino said:

but why would you want to do that ?

I'm doing all this to hopefully get the kids to stop using their tablets so much. When I am streaming a movie, I don't need it to stream at 720 because they are watching crap on YouTube and downloading 10 games at once. Besides, they need to be playing. They are 7 years old. They are not my kids and no one but me is paying for the internet.

[knightslugger]

sounds like a discipline problem, not an internet problem. If you want them to STOP using the tablets, nuke them at the gate via MAC address filtering. Easy to spoof, i know, but they are 7 year olds for christ's sake. It wouldn't be such a bad idea to enable the parental controls on the tablets either. If they can figure out how to bypass them, maybe nurture that talent for their future in cyber security.

[_SNOWMAN_]

2 minutes ago, knightslugger said:

sounds like a discipline problem

Exactly. Nothing I can do about that though.

[knightslugger]

1 minute ago, _SNOWMAN_ said:

Nothing I can do about that though.

Not that i want to get into it, but are you the acting father?

[_SNOWMAN_]

Just now, knightslugger said:

Not that i want to get into it, but are you the acting father?

No. My kid earns any internet time...... but would rather play outside 

[KenjiUmino]

11 hours ago, _SNOWMAN_ said:

No. My kid earns any internet time...... but would rather play outside 

how about a different approach then: many routers can switch wifi on and off on a timed shedule - you could set it up so the router only enables kids wifi from 5 PM to 6 PM for example - and then all you would need to do is make it clear that thats their "internet time" and it's all they get.

[corrado33]

21 hours ago, _SNOWMAN_ said:

I see QoS in settings but unsure what to do. There is

. QoS Queue

. QoS Policer

. QoS Classification

 

 

 

 

I've done a few things to stop my torrenting roommates from using up all of the bandwidth. One, I set their wifi to the step above 54 Gb/s, while mine was as fast as possible. Second, my QoS settings (Quality of service) were pretty simple. I typed in my mac address then selected "highest." I always get the bandwidth when I need it.

 

EDIT: For the record, those roommates have since moved out and I've removed all of the QoS settings.