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    SNBForums is a community for everyone, no matter what their level of experience.

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    Sharing download bandwidth fairly AND efficiently... has to be a way?

    I have a Mikrotik 2011 on order... I'm looking forward to playing with it. Their official guides are pretty sparse, but there are plenty of resources out there. I have a good feeling I'll be able to achieve what I want to achieve with this machine. Thanks again to abailey for throwing that...
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    Sharing download bandwidth fairly AND efficiently... has to be a way?

    Baffling? Baffling is suggesting that because Adaptive QoS "has worked for many here, including myself" that it will somehow work for a non-QoS issue. Had you told me (and you have not) that you understood my initial needs and you have experience suggesting that Adapative QoS does, in fact...
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    Sharing download bandwidth fairly AND efficiently... has to be a way?

    That's a lot of random advice, but I don't see the application. Telling me about the economics of past technology is for what? Did you somehow think I ever said that my router was awesome? If it was awesome, I wouldn't be here. I'm not arguing your points... they are all given. The sky is...
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    Sharing download bandwidth fairly AND efficiently... has to be a way?

    You could be right. My conclusion isn't based on just my router... I said "not been very happy with Asus products" and that goes beyond my router. Frankly, I've never understood why they enjoy such a reputation. Two motherboards, an O!Play video player, a monitor, that ill-conceived...
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    Sharing download bandwidth fairly AND efficiently... has to be a way?

    Wait a sec... are you about to blow my mind? Are you saying I can script my RT-N56???? I'm off to Google. Edit: Damn! I had no idea I could Telnet to this box. I'm not sure what I can do with that... but I'm in, so time to explore.
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    Sharing download bandwidth fairly AND efficiently... has to be a way?

    Why would I "see here"? Again, I'm not confused on what QoS is. I'm quite clear on the fact QoS isn't what I'm looking for. More like "smart limiting" in conjunction with QoS.
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    Sharing download bandwidth fairly AND efficiently... has to be a way?

    I found a wired-only RB2011 for $85 with free shipping. I can't see how I can go wrong with that, even if it just ends up being a learning exercise. I think I might pick that up along with their lowest-end hEX lite product because I'm curious how the same OS can run on such vastly different...
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    Sharing download bandwidth fairly AND efficiently... has to be a way?

    HFSC (man I hate random acronyms) seems to describe what I want. What I'm unclear on... how to implement that? Google tells me that HFSC is built-into Linux (that's awfully vague). I don't really want to build a Ubuntu box or whatever just for a router.
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    Sharing download bandwidth fairly AND efficiently... has to be a way?

    But what you're describing... QoS... isn't what I'm looking for. My router does QoS pretty well, that wasn't the point. I want to share bandwidth equally, not just ensure higher priority packets get through during congestion. Perhaps I wasn't clear with my OP. I'm not as confused with QoS as...
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    Sharing download bandwidth fairly AND efficiently... has to be a way?

    I don't need Wifi at all and in general I've been narrowing my search to wired-only. The RB2011 comes in both flavors. I've got Engenius WAPs for wifi and they've been working solidly. The hEX lite is absolutely their bargain basement offering... it is cheaper than the OS license it comes...
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    Sharing download bandwidth fairly AND efficiently... has to be a way?

    Learning curves are fun. I did see, from reading, that > 100 Mb/s I'd run into trouble with the lower end mikrotik... but seeing as though 100 Mb/s is the highest available here, I didn't really think that was going to be a problem. I'm currently on a 15/1 until they finish installing fibre...
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    Sharing download bandwidth fairly AND efficiently... has to be a way?

    I hadn't before heard of Mikrotik. I checked them out and the first thing that caught my eye was the low prices! Digging in further, I see some suggestion that it could do what I want... but man they are short on documentation. I found enough vague examples that I think I might be able to...
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    Sharing download bandwidth fairly AND efficiently... has to be a way?

    I took a bit of a look at Untangle, but it seemed it was more of a firewall and I couldn't immediately see any indication that it would do what I needed, but I'll take your word for it and take another look. It seems that $50/yr is for a whole lot of features I don't need to get the one that I do.
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    Sharing download bandwidth fairly AND efficiently... has to be a way?

    Perhaps. I don't really think so from my understanding of their "Adaptive QoS" it just *sounds like it should* do what I want, but in effect I *think* it isn't anything more than a simpler QoS interface. I could be wrong... that's not the router I have. I've not been very happy with Asus...
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    Sharing download bandwidth fairly AND efficiently... has to be a way?

    Well then.. with Untangle, could you do what I'm asking? Pretend you're sharing your Internet with your roommate and you want each to have guaranteed 50% but either can have up to 100%. Possible? As I said, I never had an illusions that my Asus would do the job. The whole point of the...
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