Bandwidth control in libraries

[Carol Bean]

Thanks, Cary,

I hadn't heard about MicroTek.  The situations I had in mind involve WIFI routers, so this looks interesting indeed.

Thanks,
Carol

On Aug 4, 2014, at 5:25 PM, Cary Gordon wrote:

> Bandwidth shaping solutions require a combination of hardware and software, and there are lots of them.
> 
> I am a fan of MicroTek <http://www.mikrotik.com/>, a company that builds software for single-board routers from RouterBoard. Their products are inexpensive and they work. They also require a degree of comfort with the Linux command line. Their entry level product, the RB750 <http://routerboard.com/RB750>, costs $40 and is intended for SOHO use. It might not support a larger operation, but for the price, you could use it to evaluate its suitability. Their higher-end products are also very fairly priced.
> 
> These are wired routers and would be used with access points, or WiFi routers configured as APs.
> 
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> On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 7:50 AM, Carol Bean <beanworks at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello folks,
> 
> I am finding a lot of old (like 5 years ago) information on what libraries do to control excessive bandwidth usage (e.g., from viewing video sites), but I don't see anything recent.  If you are using something for bandwidth management, I'd love to hear about it, especially if it involves libraries with limited resources.
> 
> Thanks for any help,
> Carol
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