Hi,
I'm looking for a program to limit the network (downstream specifically) speed of any program that is currently running. My scenario:
We're a student household of three and I'm probably the one which uses the internet the most. Both other guys use it mainly for streaming (tv series, etc.) or Skype calls and I don't want to block the whole bandwith for them if possible. We have a 4 MBit line (~480 kb/s) and most servers deliver more than this nowadays so if I start a download it will hit this limit, making it almost impossible for the other guys to use the internet in a proper way. I know JDownloader can do this, but there are some scenarios where it doesn't work (e.g. doesn't recognize download URL or I download something through another program or inside a Windows 8 app).
Is there a program that sits at the OS level that allows me to restrict the speed to 100kb/s or something else? It would be awesome if this would be a simple on/off switch like JDownloader has.
Thanks for any replies
I'm looking for a program to limit the network (downstream specifically) speed of any program that is currently running. My scenario:
We're a student household of three and I'm probably the one which uses the internet the most. Both other guys use it mainly for streaming (tv series, etc.) or Skype calls and I don't want to block the whole bandwith for them if possible. We have a 4 MBit line (~480 kb/s) and most servers deliver more than this nowadays so if I start a download it will hit this limit, making it almost impossible for the other guys to use the internet in a proper way. I know JDownloader can do this, but there are some scenarios where it doesn't work (e.g. doesn't recognize download URL or I download something through another program or inside a Windows 8 app).
Is there a program that sits at the OS level that allows me to restrict the speed to 100kb/s or something else? It would be awesome if this would be a simple on/off switch like JDownloader has.
Thanks for any replies