Firmware that can limit Bandwidth via MAC address?

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Cougar7609
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Firmware that can limit Bandwidth via MAC address?

Hi I am looking for a firmware that can limit bandwidth via MAC address or another means so I can control what machines can use when downloading. At the moment I have DD-WRT v24 sp2 Mega which is very good and Ive been using it for some time now, but family on my router are using far too much bandwidth when I am playing call of duty and causing my ping to rise to 800!!! Which does my head in. So I would like to be able to set an maximum amount of bandwidth that a computer can use at any one time. Both upload and download. Does anyone know of a firmware that will allow me to do this?

Thanks

Cougar

Cougar7609
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Thanks Haddock, although this

Thanks Haddock, although this is very helpful and it has taught me a few things to do with the settings provided. I have been using these settings for some time now and I still get ping outs. The main culprit is the BBC iplayer, Channel5's on demand etc as it is these that the rest of the family use. They seem to hog every bit of uplink and downlink. Making it impossible for me to play. It was at that point that I decided to ask if there was another firmware with which I could limit the bandwidth that those machines are allowed to use and so stopping the maxing out of the available bandwidth. :) I did see a firmware that did this at some point but Ill be damned if I can find it again and was hoping if anyone knew of it or another :)

Cougar7609
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Great stuff Haddock :) It

Great stuff Haddock :) It must have been a paid for version I had found do you have a link to it? But before I do that I dont have a tab for IP Filter Settings, its a box section on Administration => Management Tab and I have the following options

IP Filter Settings (adjust these for P2P)
Maximum Ports (Default: 4096, Range: 256 - 4096)
TCP Timeout (in seconds) (Default: 3600, Range: 1 - 86400)
UDP Timeout (in seconds) (Default: 120, Range: 1 - 86400)

I have default settings applied as in 4096, 3600, 120 respectively. Any ideas?

Cougar7609
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Thanks for the suggestions

Thanks for the suggestions guys, Haddock I think I have an old version of the firmware so I will have to update it. :( Which I'll have to do after Ive rebuilt this computer, Ive got a new HDD as one of the old ones is pretty flaky atm. Illl take a look at Tomato and see if that has the features Im looking for and Ill let you both know :D
Thanks for all of your help
Cougar

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See here:

See here:

http://www.myopenrouter.com/forum/thread/24906/Does-Anyone-use-Toastman-...

Toastman and Victek flavors of TomatoUsb can do this. As they are Tomatousb based (Teddy Bear's mod referenced on Myopenrouter site) they share same basic functions.