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Hi,

Sorry I am new to this site and new to ADSL, so I guess I'm a real ROOKIE. :sick:

My Question:I have a ADSL Wireless Network at home. I also have a Flat at the back and the Tenant wants to connect to my network for some Online Gaming.

How do I create an account for him so that I can track his Usage? Would I need additional software or can I do it on Windows 7?

Thanks in Advance.
 
what router is it? if youer router supports it, you can create two SSID's (networks) from within the router, one closed (for yourself) and another one for him, with different passwords ansd everything.

just get the make and model number, i know some support this feature and others dont.
 
Jack Shizz, care to explain how having multiple SSID's would be of any benefit?

The D-Link DSL-2750U is a very nice ADSL modem, but you won't be able to track the usage of different users with it.

If the tenant is going to share your ISP account (and not use his/her own), then you can use like a MikroTik RB750 to manage traffic of all the users. You can add hard caps, as well as bandwidth limits.
Just take note that setting up a shared connection is not for the faint hearted !
 
How about SpiceWorks Free Networking Software? Will that work?
 
Don't ever trust client side software. Then the person could simply start another machine and download stuff without you ever knowing.

You'll need a hardware solution, unless you can REALLY trust the person to always run the monitoring software, which would just be limited to PC's. With software, you'll also have issues tracking data usage from phones.
 
Provide an ADSL modem in bridge mode, let each user establish their own PPPoE connection to the internet. That way they pay for their own bandwidth, and you have nothing to worry about.

Although I'm not 100% sure you can do PPPoE via wireless, I don't know of any reason that you should not be able to.

Your tenant should still be able to connect to your computer for LAN-based gaming, but any Internet server-based gaming would go via each of your own ADSL accounts.
 
RoganDawes, your solution is most definitely the simplest from them all. The D-Link DSL-2750U modem supports bridge mode, and half-bridge mode too. You can still dial PPPoE connections via wireless connections.

Using the router in bridge mode and letting each user dial their own ISP account via PPPoE connections has its disadvantages too:
1) Your still sharing your ADSL's bandwidth with the other person. So if he has an unshaped line and downloads at 3.5Mbps, then you'll only have 512kbps left for yourself, if your ADSL modem is connected at 4Mbps. The same goes other way, if you're downloading at 3Mbps on a 4Mbps ADSL line, he won't have enough bandwidth left to play a lagg free online game.
2) Your PC's/phones won't have ANY Internet connectivity, until you connect to your ISP account (with a PPPoE connection) from each and every device
3) The tenant would have to buy his/her own cap, which isn't always possible for students who has no credit card facilities

The upside to this is that it is easy & free to setup/use. The tenant will not be able to deplete your cap at all.
 
Pada said:
RoganDawes, your solution is most definitely the simplest from them all. The D-Link DSL-2750U modem supports bridge mode, and half-bridge mode too. You can still dial PPPoE connections via wireless connections.

Using the router in bridge mode and letting each user dial their own ISP account via PPPoE connections has its disadvantages too:
1) Your still sharing your ADSL's bandwidth with the other person. So if he has an unshaped line and downloads at 3.5Mbps, then you'll only have 512kbps left for yourself, if your ADSL modem is connected at 4Mbps. The same goes other way, if you're downloading at 3Mbps on a 4Mbps ADSL line, he won't have enough bandwidth left to play a lagg free online game.
2) Your PC's/phones won't have ANY Internet connectivity, until you connect to your ISP account (with a PPPoE connection) from each and every device
3) The tenant would have to buy his/her own cap, which isn't always possible for students who has no credit card facilities

The upside to this is that it is easy & free to setup/use. The tenant will not be able to deplete your cap at all.
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1) This would be the case whether you were sharing a PPPoE connection, or simply sharing the raw ADSL line. So I wouldn't say it is a "disadvantage" per se.

2) You could give the other devices on your own network fixed IP addresses, and make the gateway point to the PC that is establishing the PPPoE connection.

3) The tenant could get prepaid data from those blokes selling it by the gigabyte at the garages.
 
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