I know a few friends dealing with the dilemma of a shared house with one common ADSL Internet con...

[G+_Skip In Perth]

I know a few friends dealing with the dilemma of a shared house with one common ADSL Internet connection everyone shares. I have been looking for a simple way for them to control housemate #bandwidth and#download #usage for a long time.  I found the Tp Link Tl - R470T has this PPPoE server so every on the LAN has to sign in with a PPP connection. Doing that gives each user a monthly quota for their access to outbound Internet (see video http://bit.ly/1ypal69). This looks like something easy enough for home users to deal with. Can anyone see any potential problems or  something better under $US 65?

 

Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ  and  Bryan Burnett this maybe  topic of interest for #TwitKH   including the load balancing (see other video) which could enjoy a know how like explanation.  TWiT for example  might consider it for net broadcasting regulars who could get a second ADSL link to give smoother Skype conferencing (for all us users who dream of unobtainable FIOS).  Is bonded ADSL common in USA?  Most of our telcos do not support it :-(

 

Originally shared by Skip In Perth

 

I just found this TP-Link TL-R470T+ while researching another TP-Link product, then I found some other youtube videos on the PPPoE features. Your video nicely covers shows the load balancing feature.  I have not seen a router in the SOHO or home market with good feature set like this. I was looking at something that will help assign quotas on a per user basis without having to run a specialized open source firmware or a high end router. The  TL-R480T has same specs for a few dollars more gives you higher concurrent sessions count. I don't see any models that do Gigabit ports  but I guess that must be a cost issue. Thanks for the video.

[G+_Brandon Jasper]

A Mikrotik router and queues can do this easily.  They're not that expensive but are used for bandwidth shaping in WISPs.  You do need networking knowledge to use it though as it's designed for service providers so it doesn't hold your hand in any way with configuration.  Very powerful and flexible if you know what you're doing.