How to set up limited device usage on a wifi network?

[bigboy529]

Hi all
I want to install a wifi AP at our new office to give the staff internet access for their personal devices, this will be a perc and not at all needed to perform their daily work.
I want to put some sort of limitations in place so that things don't get out of hand, either to limit the amount of data each device can use per day, per week or whatever, or to limit the overall internet bandwidth of the wifi AP.
Overall bandwidth limiting of a specific wifi AP is easy, I can even do this on my TP-Link Archer D7, but I think limiting data use per device for a specific time period will work out better. If simply limiting the overall bandwidth, a single user will still be able to hog the internet all day long and spoil the experience for everybody else by taking up all the bandwidth, where if I'm able to limit data usage per device, each person will be more careful on what and how they use their allocation of data. This is for around 30 users, though all users isn't on site each and every day.
Do I need some special software for this, or does some routers and wifi AP's have features like these built in?
As mentioned my TP-Link Archer D7 at home can do the bandwidth limiting thing so if only going for this option I'll probably get a TP-Link Archer C7 or something, but I also looked at Ubiquiti UniFi AP's, so if the UniFi has the functionality to limit device data usage it will be great.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Hi all
I want to install a wifi AP at our new office to give the staff internet access for their personal devices, this will be a perc and not at all needed to perform their daily work.
I want to put some sort of limitations in place so that things don't get out of hand, either to limit the amount of data each device can use per day, per week or whatever, or to limit the overall internet bandwidth of the wifi AP.
Overall bandwidth limiting of a specific wifi AP is easy, I can even do this on my TP-Link Archer D7, but I think limiting data use per device for a specific time period will work out better. If simply limiting the overall bandwidth, a single user will still be able to hog the internet all day long and spoil the experience for everybody else by taking up all the bandwidth, where if I'm able to limit data usage per device, each person will be more careful on what and how they use their allocation of data. This is for around 30 users, though all users isn't on site each and every day.
Do I need some special software for this, or does some routers and wifi AP's have features like these built in?
As mentioned my TP-Link Archer D7 at home can do the bandwidth limiting thing so if only going for this option I'll probably get a TP-Link Archer C7 or something, but I also looked at Ubiquiti UniFi AP's, so if the UniFi has the functionality to limit device data usage it will be great.

Ideally you'd want to do this on a dedicated firewall, however the Ubiquiti UniFi AP does have quite an easy to use bandwidth limiter which can be set per device. I just got one of these APs (The AC Lite) this week and I'm really happy with it.

As far as I can tell it can only do bandwidth limiting and nothing else.

 

[bigboy529]

Ideally you'd want to do this on a dedicated firewall, however the Ubiquiti UniFi AP does have quite an easy to use bandwidth limiter which can be set per device. I just got one of these APs (The AC Lite) this week and I'm really happy with it.

As far as I can tell it can only do bandwidth limiting and nothing else.

I quickly scanned through the first 30 or so pages of the AC light's manual, from what I could see it seams you can set data limitations per device over a specific period, but I only saw it mentioned for pretty complex setups where people have to log in and buy internet time/data on your network. I'm not sure if the same type data limiting can be set up per device in a more straight forward situation.

 

[MrDraytek]

DrayTek WiFI AP Station Control

Hi all
I want to install a wifi AP at our new office to give the staff internet access for their personal devices, this will be a perc and not at all needed to perform their daily work.
I want to put some sort of limitations in place so that things don't get out of hand, either to limit the amount of data each device can use per day, per week or whatever, or to limit the overall internet bandwidth of the wifi AP.
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Hi there,

Using the DrayTek WiFi AP's, its very easy to limit all devices on a specific SSID (there are 4 available for configuration) to a specified time per period.

For example, we often find that employers would like to limit their staff to using the company WiFi on personal devices to a maximum of 1 hour per day, which allows them full use during their lunch hour, or intermittent usage throughout their work day, limiting the focus on their personal device.

The feature in question is called "Station Control" and a screenshot of the very simple config is below.

Feel free to give a shout if you'd like any more advice or to be put in touch with a DrayTek reseller in your area.