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Simple steps to get a new IP:
This is the hardest step, so ask some tech savvy friends for help if you have trouble. Change the MAC address of your router, if your routers firmware does not support it, you can see if tomato is compatible with your router.
Unplug everything. Modem from router, unplug modem, etc..
Wait 30 seconds for good measure
Plug everything back in and when you connect to your ISP it should serve you a new IP
Also you could call your ISP and be like yo give me a new IP this guy is attacking me, they might help you in multiple ways.
DISCLAIMER: this is based on my own ps4 results
difficult to isolate the traffic on my network, but for an average gaming session (3 hours) i've used just over 480 MB. the max i've consumed was 3GB for all day(10 hours). (keep in mind there was other traffic going on during that period)
in terms of active bandwidth consumed the mean is about 400-600kbps (50-75 KB per second). it might be less on the last gen consoles.
i'd highly suggest looking at flashing your router with dd-wrt or tomato, they have a lot of QoS options, like limiting bandwidth, as well as you can actively monitor your bandwidth useage
I've been using an ancient version of DD-WRT for years on my WRT54G. Been considering moving to Tomato. You might want to give both a look.
Also, my next router will likely be a Buffalo since they support DD-WRT.
I understand that this article is about a scam, but I thought I would share this bit of info anyway:
Some ISPs keep an audit trail of who had which IP at which time, but others don't. If you're using a cable modem connected to a router, your IP address is assigned to you by your ISP based on the MAC address of your router. If you ever want your ISP to assign you a different IP address, you can simply change the MAC address of your router and then reboot your cable modem. Router firmware replacements such as Tomato and DD-WRT make it very easy to specify a new MAC address for your router to use, but your router's built-in firmware may be able to do it just as easily.
Netgear devices are decently supported by alternate firmwares like DD-WRT, Open-WRT and Tomato. I'm more familiar with DD-WRT than the other two and the build I am using has built in support for multiple networks, hotspot-services and pretty much anything else that a coffee shop or similar business would need; I actually help out a local coffee house/bar and that's exactly what we have in place there.
Follow suggestions for the best router from the other comments. But before you buy one, do consider a model that is compatible with DD-WRT and/or Tomato in case you want to switch to them later.
I installed DD-WRT on my really old, mediocre Linksys home router and it is suddenly a lot better than my newer one. I love it! And it has so many settings to tweak. I really like the QoS settings compared to the default Linksys firmware.
I am disgusted and offended by the bait-and-switch represented by this post.
I was expecting a useful article about custom router firmware, and after going through the immense amount of effort involved in clicking on that link I was instead forced - FORCED! - to read a short story with a moral at the end instead!
This is intolerable - does anyone know the phone number for the internet police so that I may report this terrible act of fraud?
It's a custom piece of firmware that gives you tons of control over things your router does - the transmission strength of the antenna, run VPNs, etc. More here.
But you'll probably be hard-pressed to find a compatible router at Best Buy. Most of the ones running tomato are older series, like mine.
http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index
http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato
read the instructions AND wikipedia articles carefully, print out the instructions and have fun.
DD-WRT is quite technical and has some copyright issues, Tomato is easier/better and preferred by some.
I have a Linksys WRT54G (much like this one) running Tomato firmware but DD-WRT is similar to Tomato Firmware. Both are alternative "operating systems" for the router, that generaly offer more features and better performance than the vendor ones.
If your current router supports either of these firmwares, you could try loading one on.
Get a decent router and put Tomato firmware on it and use quality of service. You can also do this locally on your system apparently. But, with the router option, your family or roommates cant bog down your TF2 ping.
I recommend you throw Tomato at the problem. You can use it on a ton of routers, and it gives you a lot of control without having to drop a couple hundred bucks on a router.
I don't play WoW but am familiar with the afternoon/evening throttle that seem popular with all the ISPs lately. Teksavvy has the same problem, in that their leased trunk lines still pass through Bell's throttling system.
However, Teksavvy + their $4 a month MLPPP service (Multi Link Point to Point Protocol -- you can use this to add multiple DSL connections into one big fat DSL connection, but for this purpose you only need one) removes all throttling. Your connection is only 5 mbps, but it is fully available to you at all hours (and I'm not talking about the 80kb/s upload cap, just connection throttling).
The tricky part is setting it up. You have to use a router compatible with Tomato firmware, typically the WRT5GL Linksys wireless routers you can buy anywhere. Then you must flash this alternative firmware to the Linksys router, and then configure it with the MLPPP options that Teksavvy should be able to provide.
It's a bit of technical work and not for the faint of heart, but MLPPP, AFAIK is the only way in Canada to really beat the big telcos throttles.
Just to be sure I understand what you're asking - You want to know why traffic from the (virtual) guest isn't wrapped in the VPN tunnel running on the (physical) host?
VM software creates a virtual switch at the host level, so there's an added layer there - otherwise you wouldn't be able to use different IP addresses on the different guests/host. When you VPN from the host, it's going through its own port on the switch.
I don't have much experience with OracleBox, but to my knowledge, if you wanted to wrap all outgoing connections from the machine in the VPN, you'd need a separate device between your physical host and your internet gateway to manage the VPN tunnel. Like I said, I don't have a lot of experience with OracleBox, so there might be something in the settings for that virtual switch that allows the traffic behavior you're looking for, but as far as I know, it doesn't work that way.
Edit: I assume you're doing this from home? Depending on your VPN service, installing something like Tomato or WRT on your consumer-grade router might give you the option to tunnel all connections from your home through your VPN. If you're doing this in a corporate environment, there's a bunch of options - most firewalls in routed mode will give you the option to create a point to point VPN tunnel for specified subnets.
Well, you've already done the troubleshooting. It looks like there's something up with your router.
You can try updating the firmware on the router, newer routers sometimes have a way to do this automatically in the config page. If your router supports it, I'd use a third-party firmware like DD-WRT or Tomato.
With many router firmwares, especially open source versions such as DD-WRT & Tomato you are able to create a Quality of Service (QoS) schedule which allows you to prioritize traffic based on many rules. You could create a rule to prioritize game packets and send torrents and other downloads to only use remaining bandwidth.
You could also prioritize your computer over his - but is that kind?
I use TomatoUSB on my WRT54GSv4. It's just an alternative to the Tomato Firmware with a few added features.
For whatever reason, using Tomato and DDWRT along-side my shitty Qwest Modem, I'd have to restart my router every few days otherwise it would drop packets and just completely stop incoming connections from certain HTTP sites. It doesn't do that with TomatoUSB for me, but it could all just be in my head. -shrug-
Personally, I enjoy Tomato Firmware over DDWRT because it's more polished and the interface is extremely faster and easier to use.
Edit: Let me know if you'd like Screen Shots of any specific features/pages on the TomatoUSB page, and I'll take 'em for ya.
> are TiVo evil for not letting me install other software on it? How about my microwave?
If the TiVo is capable of running other software, then yes, you should be able to run other software on it. Same with home routers (e.g., dd-wrt, tomato, etc), and other equipment.
Microwaves, eh, they have a lethal capacity that might warrant more regulation. Personally I think if someone's smart enough to mod something, they ought to be smart enough to know the physical dangers of doing so.
That said, you're not likely to bake your happy parts with a TiVo, or a PS3, or an X-Box. :D
If you have one of several routers you can change the firmware to one that will monitor it. A popular one is Tomato at: http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato They have a bandwidth monitor: http://www.polarcloud.com/v/scbwm.htm
http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato (other options linked from there)
Makes a cheap router act like a more expensive router by adding many more features and configurable options.
Such as having one router provide two different connections one with a restricted speed, maybe with a paid login. Or perhaps boost the wifi transmit power (part of the problem here)
I used it years ago to turn a linksys into a wireless bridge. Many cheap options for that now.
I don't know of any way to manage all those devices from your PC. I don't think it's possible either, unless you had an application that was crosss-platform and pre-installed on all devices connected to your network, feeding that information back to your PC.
To monitor all bandwidth being used it would have to be done on your router. You can look into options such as DD-WRT and Tomato. They are both reliant on router compatibility but if it's costing you money going over your bandwidth limit it might be a worthwhile option to pickup a cheap router that can run them and save you money in the long run.
You can use a second router to receive the WiFi signal, but that's not trivial. You'll need to use a router that has such a feature, I did this myself by using tomato firmware, or ddwrt.
The better solution is to install a wireless Ethernet card on your htpc and connect to your wireless router directly. Unless you're unable to get a wireless card there is no advantage to connecting 2 wireless routers.
[edit] added links
QoS settings never worked for me with stock firmware on a router. Try installing a custom firmware. I personally used dd-wrt, and the QoS settings worked flawlessly after. It also lets you do other things as well, like boosting signal strength.
I don't know if dd-wrt is compatible with your router, but there are other firmwares like Tomato and more.
Just be sure to read up on it and find some guides (specific to your router if you can) as you can brick your router if you mess something up.
> It seems to me, the easiest way is to add it as a feature to Tomato (or other cutom firmware projects) http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato
Adding it to Tomato is a brilliant idea. I was really thinking of building an app you install on your phone or your laptop. So that if you have an unrestricted internet connection connection at work, an unlimited internet subscription with your MNO or an uncapped internet subscription at home you can for example share your internet connection with your neighbour while you are sleeping. And get paid with a crypto currency you can you when you travel abroad for instance.
Thinking loudly here, an app installed on the device of everyone (connected to a central internet connection) who is creating a hotspot is more decentralised than a single installation on Tamato. But then again it would be good to have both.
Thanks for the suggestion. Let me add this to the white paper.
Both dd-wrt and Tomato are custom, linux-based firmwares for compatible routers.
Essentially, the firmware that comes on a lot of routers is crap. Installing either of these is a huge improvement. You do have to make sure you have a compatible router, and also have some tech know-how (or the ability to Google things).
Lifehacker has some more info about Tomato, which is the firmware that I run.
If you are a bit tech savy you can just flash your router with http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index
It will show your usage breakdown by day.
http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato is another good alternative.
Go with Tomato, you might be able to just flash it through the 'update firmware' option in the menu, I did. There is a wealth of knowledge in the forums and a lot of the dev's are active and post as well, so just read up if you run into difficulties.
You probably weren't looking for suggestions on alternatives, so I apologize if this is out of line, but I've experienced similar problems to what you're experiencing with DD-WRT, and have had much better luck with the Tomato firmware. No crashes, connection drops, glitches, etc...seems to "just work."
This is my router, you can boost the wattage in firmware to increase the range. You can also put alternative firmware on it like Tomato. What kind of router do you have right now? Depending on what frequencies it's using, it might be getting interference from phones, baby monitors, your microwave. If the router is in the basement, you'll want to move it upstairs, that alone can make a big difference.
Do you have any other devices on the internet? A smartphone etc? If so, might be simpler to monitor the bandwidth on the router.
Some routers have this built in, you might just need to reset it every month.
On others you can install Tomato or similar 3rd party firmware. http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato/
If you have a router that it supports, i would highly recommend getting Tomato WRT. It has a very nice interface, is powerful and has purdy graphs. It also tracks bandwidth usage.
Or, easier, call AT&T and ask them how much of a discount you're getting since they're capping your service. If it isn't really good then cancel your service right away. Fuck AT&T.
If you want any advanced features I highly recommend going with either Linksys' WRT54G/GL/GS or Buffalo WHR-G54S/WHR-HP-G54 and installing the Tomato firmware.
A lot of times it can be a firmware problem. I had the same Linksys issues, replaced the firmware with ddwrt and it worked great. Then I had a brief flirtation with Clear (DON'T DO IT! JUST... NOOO!) and they didn't like ddwrt for whatever reason so I swapped with Tomato and have been very happy.
If your router has Quality of Service (QOS) settings, you could bump the PS3 to a high priority (you probably need to give it a fixed IP first).
Maybe look at DD-WRT as well, it's an actively developed custom firmware which might work better than stock, and it supports some netgear routers.
I had a WRT54GL with Tomato firmware, and with the QOS set right I could play shooters online while torrenting.
I use Tomato firmware for my router. it does track real-time, hourly, daily and monthly bandwidth usage. I dont know if it will send alerts but it is easy to go in there and look at the figures.
There are a few step by steps. Blackviper has a very detailed listing of everything: short of a detailed security checklist.
Once you have your machine setup, you can do what you asked. You can remove access to a folder or a disk any user or group: even system or administrator.
For added security,
-you should create a user account and only use that for anything non-administrative.
-you should install and use truecrypt.
-you should run your machine behind a router that you keep patched or better yet, that you have replaced the ROM with Tomato.
For added sandboxing, use virtualbox. As soon as you have your image the way you want it, dupe it.
Although it is a pain, I can reload an XP SP3 install in my sleep: after doing it thousands of times. However, I have now purchased enough serial numbers for my house, and everything is Win7 except my netbook.
I've found that Tomato is great for keeping track of bandwidth use per day/week/month. It doesn't have automatic alerts or anything, but it does keep accurate records of daily use for several months, and years worth of monthly use.
> Glad I asked because I was about to Jail Break it with Fresh Tomato.
K you don't need to jail break at all: Tomato 1.28 works great on that router!
Note: the firmware has not been updated for many years.
OK it looks like it has not been updated since June of 2010.
But, install is easy, and most likely whatever firmware you have on it now is also almost a decade old.
The Developer of Advanced Tomato pushes out updates quite frequently; they're bundled with the latest Shibby builds.
You can use Shibby's builds directly, but I prefer Advanced Tomato purely because of the clean GUI interface.
If you use the original Tomato, you'll be stuck on very old, dated, unsecured firmware.
I'm not a networking expert, but I don't think there's any way your computer would be able to manage other device's traffic. That seems like the sort of thing that would have to be done at the router level. Maybe get one that can give you more powerful options? A router that will run DD-WRT or Tomato.
Well iptables is linux so it won't work on windows. If you got some old hardware lying around unused you could set yourself up a dedicated box router.
Does your router support Tomato firmware? I like it a lot better than DD-WRT and it can do iptables
And are you sure it isn't just the settings need to be tweaked inside DD-WRT to fix the instability?
Well if you already have a RP then you already have your VPN access point and don't need Tomato. But if you have a second router lying around that you want to use just for VPN Web connectivity here is a link to the tomato firmware.
Got any techie friends? best router you will ever buy is one that has Tomato or dd-wrt on it. They used to sell routers with dd-wrt already installed on it not sure if they still do. Ideally you have a look at the supported list of routers get one of those that has the highest wifi speed that any of you devices supports (probably 802.11ac) and have your friend install either dd-wrt or Tomato (depending on which list you checked) on it. You can check the instructions and DIY but it's not simple if you're not technically inclined.
As others have pointed out, though, some of the routers that come standard as your ISP gateway kinda suck, and some may not even have good QoS control. If the built-in settings don't work for you, you may want to connect a better router to your ISP gateway and use that instead. The Linksys N-series is decent.
If you'd rather spend more time than money, you REALLY want to go all out with customization, and you don't mind doing a little homework, you may want to look into Tomato. Tomato is replacement firmware for certain older-and-affordable-but-still popular "workhorse" models of router. It's kind of like installing a replacement OS, like putting Linux on a PC that came with Windows. It lets you customize a lot more stuff than the factory firmware.
It looks like your router may be supported by DD-WRT, which is an alternative router firmware. It may also be supported by OpenWRT or Tomato.
I use DD-WRT, which does not support WPS and therefore closes that hole. This may be true for the other firmwares as well.
Flashing the firmware on your router is not ridiculously complex, but it is not quite trivial. Do read all of the directions first, and do follow the directions to the letter. DO NOT take shortcuts. You are assuming some risk that you might "brick" your router, so you may want to have a backup router available in case you do.
Agreed about the power adapter mentioned earlier.
Have you tried installing Tomato?
I installed it on an old WRT54G that would occasionally drop wireless connections and it's been solid as a rock ever since.
http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato Lots of other people have their own versions of tomato, search on Google for options. I like Toastman and cheap Belkin routers to put his software on. Search my post history if you want model number.
Tech stuff in general, or are you talking specifically about home networking?
For the latter maybe go learn about the basics of networking (how IP addresses and MAC addresses work in a nutshell as well as how ports work and maybe different transport protocols). Invest in a router that supports Tomato firmware and follow the super-easy install process (to the tee, because a slight error can make your router useless) to get it up and running, then just go play around. A quick primer on QoS (quality of service) should explain how and why managing traffic is important.
By default traffic is traffic and your router doesn't really know or care what it is and gives everything equal priority. In reality different things have different demands. A download or your web browsing can afford a bit of a delay whereas streaming video or gaming cannot because it will not be able to create a buffer or maintain a smooth experience. QoS settings allow you to tell your router that traffic to/from a specific port, protocol, or device should be given a certain priority. For example let's say you know that you have a PS3 in your living room that does online gaming and Netflix. You would set up a QoS rule that says traffic for this device should get high priority. Alternatively let's say you have a PC that runs a game but also does downloads. You know your torrent program uses port 30001 and that your game uses port 27080...you would set up rules based on port number to ensure that game traffic gets higher priority than download traffic.
If you want to learn about tech, or anything else in general just play around. 95% of all the tech stuff I know is a result of just playing around and wanting to know more about how things work. I have learned more on my own then formal training has ever taught me (tho it is great for filling in gaps in knowledge). Many things can be achieved with an inquisitive mind.
I guess that technically makes sense. You'd think that you'd be able to change the subnet masks and get everything all on one LAN.
I'm hoping to switch to WoW and when I do, I'll probably just patch it right over to a router running Tomato then run everything off that.
Go buy a router that can run something like Tomato, Tomato-Shibby or DDWRT. You can set up QoS on it to limit your upload to less than 256Kbit. This should let you run many games without hitting any sort of lag. Lag (providing your connection is stable, and your ISP is not congested) generally happens when you're maxing out your upstream. If you max your upstream with less important traffic, you won't be able to send packets for your video game without potentially hitting a queue/buffer. When you're constantly being buffered, you get lag spikes. Try to fully utilize your pipe for your game, and leave a little breathing room, and you should have as low a latency as possible for your connection.
I have a Netgear WNR3500L with Tomato installed on it. I have a 1 TB USB hard drive plugged into the router. I have Transmission installed as an optware package on the router, which then can be accessed from the browser on any computer on the network. Torrent files are then uploaded to Transmission, downloaded to the hard drive, and then automatically shared via the built in MiniDLNA client that comes with Tomato. Finally, I use the Media Player application on my NSX-32GT or the Logitech Media Gallery on my Revue to watch the files.
This is the best way to do it IMHO as the files are then accessible to the entire network.
I had the same problem as you a couple years ago. Nat would never stay open. I tried port forwarding, static IP on ps3 set in DMZ without any luck.
I solved my strict and/or moderate NAT types by installing tomato firmware on my Linksys router. My neighbor was having the same issues on his router too, but it wasn't supported by tomato, so we installed dd-wrt firmware on his router and that resolved his problems as well.
These custom firmwares seem to have better UPNP support. I can log into the tomato interface and under port forwarding you can see all the Forwarded port rules that tomato automatically creates for all my applications and devices. Xbox, PS3, Wii, Minecraft server, skype, etc. Not a had single problem since installing tomato on my router.
Tomato - http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato DDWRT - http://www.dd-wrt.com/
Tomato or DD WRT
http://mightyohm.com/files/wifiradio/Jeff_Keyzer-Hacking_the_Asus_WL520gU.pdf
http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato
Note: there are updated versions and you will have to do a bit of googling. (Man, I just accidentally searched with Bing: god it sucks.)
If you are going to do DD WRT let me know, you will need some links.
I ended up installed this - which seems to have very nice bandwidth monitoring.
However, I now have my Mac & iPad on wireless, and I see nothing happening as far as unusual bandwidth.
I did have a couple apps that got "stuck" updating, the apps simply said "Waiting.." like they were waiting for another app to finish. They were like that for a few days at least, before I noticed and deleted them last night for fresh installs. I wonder if they were stuck somehow in a download.
You can see my last 5 days usage here - as reported by my ISP. I used more yesterday than I did for the entire month of September.
Nowhere in your post does it say that you use a custom firmware, so that would be the first thing I'd do since it's a WRT54G.
I recommend Tomato.
If you're still having issues after installing Tomato, then it's probably a hardware issue, and you would need to get a new one (preferably one that supports open firmware).
I'd imagine he'd be willing to throttle his speeds if you just talked to him.
If you have no other options, I'd recommend using something like Tomato, which provides a QoS implementation. You can probably manage to have a more enjoyable Internet experience if you set that up correctly. He'll probably notice, though...
If the WRT54G was working well, get a WRT54GL and load tomato on it. It's a vast improvement over the standard firmware. I've used it for years and it's rock solid.
In fact if your WRT54G is old enough (versions 1-4), you might be able to load tomato on it and give it new life.
Tomato will give the router features that you often find only in higher end routers.
http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato
I wouldn't bother looking at higher end models...not for 5-7 people.
http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index
http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato/
1.25Mb isn't very much at all, and as others have said that's bits not bytes. If your router is supported, though, dd-wrt in particular will help you to be sure.
I gave up on wireless adapters because of this problem. They are generally shit. I got one of these and put tomato on it. I then sat the tomato box on top of my tower, plugged in an ethernet cable, and set it up as a client for my access point.
Take a look at Tomato firmware. If you have the unfortunate (dis)pleasure of having one of the cruddy models made after the original WRT, they make a throwback model called the WRT54G*S* which has the appropriately sized ROM for custom firmware.
Some people like DD-WRT as well.
EDIT: Just noticed you're running a E3200. Ah well. I still love my trusty WRT54GS.
You can also install a 3rd party firmware like DD-WRT or Tomato and use them to boost your router's signal strength.
They're all bad, I've owned every kind of router and they all end up failing sooner or later.
This is the only router I've had in awhile that I've left stock, if the device is capable of it I usually put Tomato on it. I think I may end up doing that yet again.
if you can get ahold of an old WRT54G/GS or a WRT54GL you could install new software like tomato (my fav) or DD-WRT and make it into a wireless bridge.
You could connect the 360 (& TV, Blue Ray, or anything else with network ports on your entertainment center) to your network. I use this in the basement and it works great.
Hi--OP added version (WRT54G v 3.0) in an edit above.
I think trying to use K26 might not be so good for a router that old.
**Compatibility table
Tomato builds based on kernel 2.4 are known to work on the following Broadcom-based routers (from the official Tomato web site, with an addition of a few models supported by Tomato USB):
Linksys WRT54G v1-v4**
http://tomatousb.org/doc:build-types
Just the first standard tomato should be the correct one for OP:
http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato
Firmware
Tomato_1_28.7z (3MB / SHA1: 832e9cd5d6437eeb758e898d8c22834578f0cb36)
Tomato_1_28.zip (16MB / SHA1: 5bd25717048abb6b58d316f622bfd79434fe6451)
» Use this for most routers.
wrtpro, if K26 would be better--I would like to learn why--thanks.
If you have a compatible router, I suggest installing either Tomato Firmware or DD-WRT onto it and using the provided Bandwidth Monitoring Tools..
..That is..if all of your devices hook up to the internet through that router. Otherwise it might not help you..
Edit: Also, 3GB/day is NOTHING. The majority of Reddit users use 3GBs of data in a few HOURS. You might want to rethink what you're trying to accomplish..
DD-WRT has some good features and if you'll use them, then I'd say yes.
But, if you're only going to need the basics, I'd suggest Tomato. Its got most of the feature you'd want on a home router with a simpler interface.
You need to get a router with good Quality of Service capabilities. If you have a router that you can install Tomato firmware on, that's the best. OpenWRT will also work (and supports a much broader variety of hardware) if you don't mind getting your hands dirty configuring it. dd-WRT can also be used for this although I don't think it's as good as the previous two firmwares I mentioned.
Make sure one of you isn't using 802.11*b, as this will knock all performance down to **b*.
What router do you have? The firmware might support Quality of Service which allows you to regulate the traffic based on many components. If your router is supported by Tomato or DD-WRT, then I highly recommend you flash your firmware to one of those; Tomato being preferred for a typical computer user.
http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato
Thats what he installed on your router. Now... you can either reset the router like everyone said and get bitch at by your father (I sure hope he saved the config) or just wait until tomorrow to play. Which will be in a few hours as he might have just set it to be all day Friday. Wait till midnight hits and see if you can logon to b.net
It's not exactly static addressing but I do (something similar to) this through my DHCP server.
I have a WRT54G router running Tomato firmware which allows me to assign two MAC addresses for every reserved IP address. What this means, basically, is that if either of the network adapters (wired or wireless) specified by those MAC addresses request an IP address, the system will hand out the same one.
This is probably possible with a generic Linux box running dnsmasq or similar as well, though I haven't investigated how you might go about it, precisely.
> I would probably disable the router function (if you can) and use my own router
This is great advice even if you're not having problems.
For the full experience, if you're technically inclined, you can even slap a free, open-source, 3rd-party firmware which will give you exceptionally better features and configuration options, and usually better stability and performance to boot. I like DD-WRT, but Tomato is excellent too.
there are 2 things that helped me:
install a custom firmware (I prefer tomato because it has a more specific setting for what we want to change. After install and basic setup. Find this screen and change the "Established" timeout time from 4 hours (14400 seconds) to 30 minutes (1800). This will recycle connections faster. I think the default linksys firmware has this set to over 24 hours (and it is unchangeable).
as other people recommended, limit the global (as in, right click the icon in the taskbar) upload speed of uTorrent or whatever client you are using to 5-10 kb/s or so (I usually leave it around there, 15 at the highest). Lowering the number of connections within the client may help too.
It may be worth looking into something something like OpenWRT or Tomato and if it will run on any routers you want to get. It will possibly add a touch of latency into the system, but you can do a lot of cool stuff with it like per user bandwidth monitoring and throttling. It's basically linux that runs on your router.
So just to clarify, your wireless network works perfectly all day long until the PS3 connects to it. It is then and only then that you encounter problems?
What wireless router do you use?
Have you thought about dd-wrt or tomato as replacement software on your router? This will often times clear out software related bugs. Of course if this is a unit that you lease from your ISP then it may not be an option.
EDIT: nevermind, I just saw your other post and I don't think that the software replacement is an option for you.
>I've heard that you should install DD-WRT on the WRT54GL right out of the box
If you're not using it for anything more than just a basic router just use Tomato. Tomato is much simpler and it works great on GLs.
There's also tomato which has die-hard fans (but I've never used it).
My uptime on dd-wrt is 35 days right now. The only problem I've ever had with it was it didn't like the NintendoDS very much (it kept failing at DHCP), but it works okay when I statically assign an IP to it.
You should really try the tomato firmware with your WRT54GL
Also, a common cause of problems with 3rd party firmwares is not doing a 30 second reset to clear the NVRAM
Even without it, it has more potentially than your stock firmware. With DD-WRT, it allows for most connections for P2P if you do that kind of thing and it'll become more stabler, meaning you don't have to reset it from time to time.
If you are considering upgrading the firmware on your router, I would suggest you use Tomato instead. It has a more friendlier UI and it is insanely great at managing your bandwidth. Else, you can try DD-WRT first and Tomato next if you are unsure.
If you have a router that supports a 3rd party firmware, something like http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato (I've personally used this for years, and love it) you can monitor bandwidth across all your devices
You'll want to setup a quick shared folder somewhere on your network though to save the backups every day automatically, otherwise you'll lose the usage stats on router reboots
I've used data from my tomato logs before to overturn overage charges when I used to be on rogers, and proved I didn't go over any limits, it was a fantastic feeling.
The process is different depending on your router make and model. Tomato is probably a bit more user-friendly: http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato Here's DD-WRT: http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index
Both sites have detailed documentation and should be able to step you through the process.
I've been looking in to this recently, and unless your router comes with some pretty sweet firmware (unlikely) you are going to need to install DD-WRT/Tomato on a compatible router.
I am still trying to decide on a decent supported router with Gigabit LAN/802.11n (dual mode).
Or use/rely on whatever stats your ISP provides you... if they even provide you with such a tool.
Yes, you can accomplish what you're looking for with a cheap linksys router. Instructions here are a bit dated for dd-wrt but the basic premise is there. There's an option to filter p2p IIRC in there.
There's also the tomato hack for linksys routers, but I've never used it personally.