Bandwith control software

yea, i want to lower my upload cap too - this speed is pissing me off - how can i make it so that i can not upload anything over 1kb/sec  -just kidding

This can be accomplished using QoS Packet scheduler and a registry modification.

Many programs (such as IIS) have some provision for limiting bandwidth consumption, but unless you're funneling all bandwidth through a proxy server, it's often hard to limit all the bandwidth used by a given Windows XP computer or network adapter.

There is a more global solution to the problem that doesn't involve a third-party program or tediously configuring every application that uses the network. It's a Registry edit. However, it requires the presence of the Quality of Service (QoS) Packet Scheduler driver in the network stack to be effective.

If you don't know about the QoS Packet Scheduler, chances are it was installed by default when you set your system up. It's an element of the Windows XP network stack that requires specific application support to use it, but which can be used to limit total throughput on a given adapter.

To do this for the whole system, regardless of adapters, open up RegEdit and find the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Psched. Insert a new REG_DWORD value, NonBestEffortLimit, and for its parameter supply a number between 0 and 100 (decimal). The number indicates the total percentage of bandwidth to use. By default it's 20 percent, so if you want to rack it down even further than that, you can do so. (If there is no Psched key under Windows, feel free to create it.)

To set this value for a particular adapter, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Psched\Parameters\Adapters\[GUID], where [GUID] is the GUID number of the adapter you want to set limits on, and add the NonBestEffortLimit value there.

                                                                                            Good Luck,

hmm - im not at home now, so i cant try that, but could i do the same to increase bandwith - what would it do if i were to adjust that to 100?

It would allow 100% of your network throughput to be utilized by your computer.  Consider one thing, if you are connected via 100mb ethernet and your internet connection is 5mbs you will need to adjust this value accordingly.

will that key effect only outbound internet access - or does it also effect internal network traffic

It would affect both directions, I am not sure of limiting only 1 direction.

You need a program called Nimbus, it allows you to throttle your bandwidth (up and down) between 14.4K up to 256K.  The company (Shunra) no longer makes the product but you can download it from this site for a limited time:

http://www.tomandamber.com/temp_download.htm

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