Bandwidth Management Between Two Computers

[Saidar]

Hello everyone,

Is there a way to manage the bandwidth usage of two computers on a network? The network setup works as follows:

• A network hub is used
• The internet source is plugged into the hub
• Two computers are also plugged into the hub

I know this is possible by using a server, but we cannot afford to buy a new computer to use as a server. We need to find a way to manage the bandwidth usage accurately without a server.

Any advice would be appreciated!

 

[davemc]

What do you want to manage?
Data consumption or data throughput rate?

Data consumption = I used 5 GB, he/she used 6GB today.
Data throughput rate = I am currently downloading at 1024KB/s, he'she is currently downloading at 1024KB/s (instead of one using the whole line capacity).

 

[Saidar]

What do you want to manage?
Data consumption or data throughput rate?

Data consumption = I used 5 GB, he/she used 6GB today.
Data throughput rate = I am currently downloading at 1024KB/s, he'she is currently downloading at 1024KB/s (instead of one using the whole line capacity).

Hey there,

The most important is the data consumption of course, but data throughput would also be useful.

 

[ponder]

I know this is possible by using a server, but we cannot afford to buy a new computer to use as a server. We need to find a way to manage the bandwidth usage accurately without a server.

Don't you have any old PC's lying around? You really don't need anything new and powerful to achieve this and it would be the best way. I know I'm not answering your question but old PC's are easy to come by, I put one together from old parts just last week.