ADSL 1024: what can it handle ?

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We have just recently got an ADSL 1024 business account through mweb. Where before we were using a 128k diginet line. With about 11 employees all eager to browse, download and not do their work, I was expecting a decent increase in general browser and download speeds. Unfortunetly this is not the case. In part due to employee abuse of the line. I'm trying to police the issue by not allowing downloads during work hours.. however, even after hours when the floodgates are let open the speeds are still horrendous.

My question is; with everyone here using applications like eMule and bittorrent on an ADSL line with no reglatory software throttling and limiting each individuals pc to a certain speed. How many simultaneous downloads of various sizes can a 1024 ADSL line handle. If say one person is eMuling 5 files, the next torrenting 2 files and another downloading 10 files all at the same time.

Can one person suck all the bandwidth dry leaving nothing for everyone else. What can I do to prevent this from happening from a software point of view. Verbal requests only seem to solve the problem for a short while.

We've got a server which is plugged into the ADSL router and all our machines run through the DHCP server to the line. I'm no techie, but thats how I gathered it is setup.
 
Well, basically yes to all the above... Maybe have 1 PC for torrent downloads and have turns downloading files after hours? And block all other PCs from using P2P traffic.

Is the account uncapped "IS" account? cuz "IS" accounts can be tempermental at the best of times ask anyone with one.
 
Get Netlimiter for each PC. Im shure there is a easier/better way the someone will tell you about, but with NL Pro you can limit certain PC's or individual applications to any speed you want. You can also monitor how much cap/bandwidth each PC is using and you can cut them off or throttle them.

You could also block certain apps with the built in Firewall.. so Im geussing this covers everything you want to do?

Well for slightly less control but easier setup, you could just block certain protocols for certain PC's with your router. Only enable p2p after hours and that should sort you out. You can do this all easily with a decent router.
 
Netlimiter is a rather mickey mouse solution to your problem as it can be bypassed just like any piece of software.

If you want to give your staff access to the Internet and prevent abuse and without playing the bandwidth cop then buy and use the proper tool for the job.

Ditch that mediocre cheap home single PC router that you have and get a Cisco DSL router which can manage all of this for you.
 
Can one person suck all the bandwidth dry leaving nothing for everyone else.
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Yes.

We've got a server which is plugged into the ADSL router and all our machines run through the DHCP server to the line. I'm no techie, but thats how I gathered it is setup.
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Install a Linux distro on that server and set up traffic shaping based on protocol.
Then ban P2P or clamp the maximum transfer rates for P2P protocols to a low figure like 5KB/sec. IPCop is really easy to install and configure and there are loads of modules for things like traffic shaping.
Or if you're made of money you can go and buy a firewall application for Windows which will do the same thing and leave your pockets empty.

Paul
 
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Or alternatively pending how much usage is costing you with one big account while everyone going wild, let em use their own accounts in a PPPoE way. ie they are all connected to the lan, but when they go online they make a connection to connect that way each user has their own bandwidth/seperate account + pwd htough line congestion can still happen(net slowing down for everyone when ppl are all downloading) but each user will only be capped/reach limit if they use it alot.

mweb is uber expensive.
 
but the centralised connection is better. :/ you know.. you could let em buy their own bandwidth esp if its got nothing to do with their work.
 
Some good suggestions, I particulary like the one about them using their own bandwidth. However as good a suggestion as it is, it will only breed animosity :)

We already have a cisco DSL router in place. Apparently it's not doing its job correctly. I'm going to have to bring in external proffesionals to sort the problem out. I'm just not techie enough to go ahead and install linux onto our server and get IPcop going. I was hoping for an easy alternative... but I gues if this was easy, we wouldn't need IT guys :)

sidenote; we apparently have and uncapped, unshaped 1024 DSL account. although It certainly doesn't feel like it.

Thanks
 
If you have IS uncapped, then the users purchasing thier own bandiwidth is both unessesary and impossible.

IS should be able to assist you with Bandwidth management as it is thier Cisco router that is in place.

sidenote; IS uncapped never feels that fast... I think they have pretty high contention ratios on the uncapped service. The "unshapped" is true, however due to the fact that all your international traffic is routed over stalite there is always high latency.
 
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