A way to limit a PC to only use a certain % of your bandwith?

[dmorgan924]

Is there a way to limit a whole PC windows XP, or a certain program to use only a certain about of your total internet connection bandwidth?

For example, I have 5 PCs in home all one the same ISP connection. I have one PC that I am trying to backup files online but I can only run it at certain times due to the backup program using ALL upload/download speed. And that makes every other PC super slow.

So if I had a way to tell this PC, or program to use only 10% of the Internet connection I could run it all day long.

 

[tomatthe]

What program are you using? Some of the larger backup utils have this function built into it, I know CrashPlan does.


This would probably accomplish the same thing, but would be more complicated to setup.

http://www.netlimiter.com/

 

[tha_vice]

Which router are you using?

 

[Fred1Andrews]

The thing you are looking for it called quality of service if you are using network equipment to do it. You need a router that knows how to do QoS. It often leads to performance problems if not done correctly.