how to limit internet speed to wifi users?

[maxim123]

Hi, sometimes I have work to do which needs fast internet speed, and the wifi is shared with 2 other friends who mostly use only social media, so I would like to know if it is possible to limit the speed to them, maybe 1mbps to one and 2 mbps to the other so I can get as fast speed as possible when I need it?

PS My internet speed is 20mbps and my router is Ptplink.

[maxim123]

Hi, sometimes I have work to do which needs fast internet speed, and the wifi is shared with 2 other friends who mostly use only social media, so I would like to know if it is possible to limit the speed to them, maybe 1mbps to one and 2 mbps to the other so I can get as fast speed as possible when I need it?

PS My internet speed is 20mbps and my router is Ptplink.

ohh it seems I can control the settings through bandwidth control. But the things I am confused about are:

1. dhcp client list, the ip address of the wifi devices, does it change or not?
2. can we write 1 -100000 in the egress and ingress bandwidth?
3. the port range is 1 - 65535 right?

4 and the main one - bandwidth control is only for the wifi devices right? the ethernet controlled or my main one will still use the 20mbps full right? Also, suppose I limit ingress bandwidth to 2 mbps for 1 device and 1 mbps for the other device, if when they download, do they take 3 mbps out of my 20mbps? is the minimum ingress amount set up what they will use at the minimum?

Thank you.

[veeg]

Hello

Hopefully some of our members will chime in soon.

jmarket @phillpower2 @Bruce

[veeg]

Do you still need help on this? Sorry for the no reply..

[maxim123]

Do you still need help on this? Sorry for the no reply..

Hi, no I solved it. I would still like to have the answers to my questions if possible, but I have solved the limiting speed to wifi users by making their ip permanent.

[veeg]

Thanks for the update..

@phillpower2 @Bruce jmarket

[Bruce]

not sure how giving those users a static IP will throttle their bandwidth.
but whatever you do needs to be done at the modem/router level, and menus on those things vary between make/model.
what model is your TP-Link?

[maxim123]

not sure how giving those users a static IP will throttle their bandwidth.
but whatever you do needs to be done at the modem/router level, and menus on those things vary between make/model.
what model is your TP-Link?

I mean I can limit their access bandwidth through the bandwidth control, and giving those users static ip means I don’t have to keep on changing the control rule in the bandwidth option in the router admin panel.
My TP-Link model is TL-WR841N

[phillpower2]

, sometimes I have work to do which needs fast internet speed, and the wifi is shared with 2 other friends who mostly use only social media,

Before contemplating limiting anyone’s internet access the most important question to ask is who is paying for the service, you could be in a shared dorm at university for example.

[maxim123]

Before contemplating limiting anyone’s internet access the most important question to ask is who is paying for the service, you could be in a shared dorm at university for example.

I am paying for it, just sharing it with my friends at home, most of the times even I don’t use much internet, but when I play the ping can spike, so I want to limit the speed during those times.

[phillpower2]

It sounds mean but password protect your router so they can`t connect to it while you are gaming, as an asides, your OP says you have important work to do :whistle:

sometimes I have work to do which needs fast internet speed,

[maxim123]

It sounds mean but password protect your router so they can`t connect to it while you are gaming, as an asides, your OP says you have important work to do :whistle:

haha thanks, I will do that Yeah simply disabling the wifi might work during those times.

[phillpower2]