I seriously hate webcams. My sisters think it's fun to go webcamming with everybody who's online in msn. We're sharing like a 500kb/s internet connection and I don't get like 20kb/s :( One was even puzzled why her own internet was slow with 10 webcams on. Anybody else have touble with this kind of thing. Also does anybody if I can get a bandwith limiter for this or do I have to run a special server/router for that.

if it's in a network then get a proxy, and you can basically limit how much bandwith is used...i know..since that's what i'm in, my bandwidth is limited.. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

If you're using a hub to split the incoming signal, you could replace it with a switch. The hub takes an incoming packet & sends it back out all other ports. It gets to the intended user -- and everybody else. Heavy traffic from one user slows everybody down. The switch directs traffic only to the intended user so others on the network don't get bogged down.

A proxy server as in relaying all traffic through on PC and then use a program there. I don't think that's an option.

VulcanRider it doesn't slow down my internet it completely hogs up all the bandwith we have. I don't get a continuous 20kb/s from the 500kb/s we can get. I think this is because of all the webcam video being sent and received.

Why don't you explain this to her, and agree on something. If she doesn't comply the simple solution is to "lose" her webcam, in the best way you see fit. [img]graemlins/firedevil.gif[/img]

I would just break her computer with a sledgehammer, then follow up with her trachea.

Well I tried making a deal. One of them keeps the lowest number already like 2 to 3 which shouldn't be too bad. The other claims I download so much she is always slowed down by me :D

I update my linux every day which takes 5 minutes at most while she isn't on, and I stream 20kb/s internet radio. Nothing I'd slow her down with, but well. Looks like they're using it less now anyway [img]smile.gif[/img]