download counter/limiter (1 Viewer)

[Excalibur_]

If you can't control his usage on his computer, then the only real thing you can do is fork out money for a managed switch and throttle his network port.

Or, get really creative and set up a proxy server and route all traffic from router to proxy to user (and throttle his IP).

Both probably equally expensive.

 

[Lavenderpup]

Perhaps you could find a program that does what some schools do when it comes to making download limits on students? >_> Or give a set time that he can download in [although adsl2 is fast so :x that doesn't quite work]

 

[+Po1ntDeXt3r+]

QoS on my billion router.. hehhee stops ppl from using more than i allocate speed wise.. its ADSL2+..

TPG have a traffic monitor.. i gave it to my brothers it on Whirlpool forums somewhere

i just tell everyone off if we get capped... and i charge everyone more.. .. that stops them too

 

[jumb]

To monitor network activity like that, you could install a program onto each computer and just look at it.

Otherwise you will need to download a sniffer, which, because of it's questionable ethical uses, could be harder to find.

adding on this, another alternative would be to get another computer and use it as a server, then run a program on that server to monitor the traffic to each of your computers.

 

[Excalibur_]

adding on this, another alternative would be to get another computer and use it as a server, then run a program on that server to monitor the traffic to each of your computers.

aka - a proxy (linux / squid)