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

[Jennifer]

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about 10 years ago, so I'm sure I'm out of date.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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