I'm going to try and explain this in the mosts logical way.
I used to be on Sentech 256 for the 20Gb softcap, but since they changed their policy and discontinued the product i was forced to choose another ISP. I'm currently on iBurst G3. Now this is where the problem comes in. In the last 28months or so I have been on Sentech, my friends got into the habit of bringing their notebooks over and open their p2p apps and leave it running while we go out. They dont have internet access at home
This will kill my 3Gb cap in a weekend.. 
Leaving my network stumped...
The idea what I had is the following:
Monitor there bandwidth usage per pc/user (I use DHCP with reserved addr)
Let them pay for the amount they use. In other words they buy the add-on bundles for iBurst - This is not done for profit
As they say - Sharing is caring...
Current setup:
No-name useless unscalable router with iBurst connected to WAN link.
3 wired clients (File server etc)
My Laptop
and of course the other mentioned laptops
I would like to know if it possible to do this with a Linksys Router? AFAIK they run linux thus it is very scalable... I got limited linux knowledge
Anybody got a better idea or know if this will work?
I would prefer is the solution does not include setting up another pc e.g. a linux server running squid.
Thankz in advance
I used to be on Sentech 256 for the 20Gb softcap, but since they changed their policy and discontinued the product i was forced to choose another ISP. I'm currently on iBurst G3. Now this is where the problem comes in. In the last 28months or so I have been on Sentech, my friends got into the habit of bringing their notebooks over and open their p2p apps and leave it running while we go out. They dont have internet access at home
This will kill my 3Gb cap in a weekend.. Leaving my network stumped...The idea what I had is the following:
Monitor there bandwidth usage per pc/user (I use DHCP with reserved addr)
Let them pay for the amount they use. In other words they buy the add-on bundles for iBurst - This is not done for profit
As they say - Sharing is caring...Current setup:
No-name useless unscalable router with iBurst connected to WAN link.
3 wired clients (File server etc)
My Laptop
and of course the other mentioned laptops
I would like to know if it possible to do this with a Linksys Router? AFAIK they run linux thus it is very scalable... I got limited linux knowledge
Anybody got a better idea or know if this will work?
I would prefer is the solution does not include setting up another pc e.g. a linux server running squid.
Thankz in advance
