[Techtalk] My son is a network hog -- limiting usage on one computer (fedora 15)?

[Jennifer]

I would like to apologize for the glaring error in my earlier email. I
meant 'router', not 'modem'. Duh.

My excuse was that I was flabbergasted that someone else suggested telling
one's offspring to leave over Internet usage. My nerdy butt would have been
kicked out many times.

On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Jennifer <oneferna at gmail.com> wrote:

> Depending on your modem, it might already have built in software that does
> this by ip address. What modem do you have? Also it this a wired or
> wireless network?
>
> The last time I had to setup an appliance to do something like this was
> about 10 years ago, so I'm sure I'm out of date.
>
> But I get it and I'm not taking the "suck it up or get out" approach
> because I remember doing this to my poor parents and I really didn't mean
> to back-in-the-day. It's very easy when you're online a lot to go over
> limits, especially in this netflix age. That said,  I think 1GB is way too
> small and that 5GB a month is probably more reasonable before you take
> action.
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Gwen Morse <gwen.morse at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> We have 5 people sharing the internet connection in our home. We have a
>> peak/off peak plan with something like 50 or 60 gigs split between the two
>> times. Changing the data plan and/or updating the configuration on the
>> router are not options. My husband and I rent from my husband's parents
>> and
>> they refuse any changes of that sort. Their house, their rules. :).
>>
>> That said, my 19 year old son is burning through the household bandwidth
>> every month watching Youtube videos, listening to podcasts, and doing
>> whatever else it is he's actually doing.
>>
>> I do *not* want to monitor the specifics of what he's doing. He's 19 and
>> can do what he likes (within legal reason). I want all of us to stop being
>> throttled because one person in the house is a network pig. I've talked to
>> my son repeatedly but he still keeps going over the limit.
>>
>> What I'd like is to know what I can use to set a nice round limit (say 1
>> gig a month) and have it monitor his usage and then throttle him on his
>> laptop if he goes over that limit. After a month it would reset and start
>> all over again.
>>
>> Many/most ISPs use linux (or unix) for their servers and I was wondering
>> what package I could use to do something like this?
>>
>> I've looked at some traffic shaping software but I'm not sure that's what
>> I
>> want. I don't want to prioritize certain traffic. I just want to (almost)
>> cut him off once he goes over a predetermined limit.
>>
>> Gwen
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