Bandwidth control in libraries

Tue Aug 5 11:33:25 EDT 2014

Carol,

I have a pfSense box on my public wifi, which has its own VLAN.
I cap bandwidth based on using a common cable modem plan from a local ISP.

While it does require a dedicated dual-NIC computer, it can actually be an older machine.
(I use a CPU that was a prior patron public lab XP computer).
(I grabbed a network card from a NT 4 server we rotated out and installed it on the PCI bus of the newer computer).

https://www.pfsense.org/hardware/#sizing

James Gilbert, BS, MLIS
Systems Librarian
Whitehall Township Public Library
3700 Mechanicsville Road
Whitehall, PA 18052
610-432-4339 ext: 203

From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Carol Bean
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Thanks for this.  I think it's probably overkill, and requires a dedicated PC, whichI don't think is a viable option for most of the places I'm considering.  And I note it says up to 100 Mbps, which is much less than the total throughput some of these places are looking at.  Still, it might work if we can split the network and put public wifi only through a setup like this.

Thanks,
Carol

On Aug 5, 2014, at 3:08 PM, Mutch, Andrew wrote:

Carol,

M0n0wall has some traffic shaping and bandwidth limiting features if you want that as part of an all-in-one captive portal/firewall/DHCP server  solution for a wired or wireless network. Although I haven't used the bandwidth throttling features yet, I know people who have and have been satisfied with how it works.

http://m0n0.ch/wall/

Andrew Mutch
Library Systems Technician
Waterford Township Public Library
Waterford, Michigan

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Yes, those do look interesting. Must take a closer look.

Thanks!
Carol

On Aug 4, 2014, at 11:06 PM, Steffen Schilke wrote:

You might want to look at:

http://seriousbit.com/netbalancer/

on Linux Trickle http://www.tecmint.com/manage-and-limit-downloadupload-bandwidth-with-trickle-in-linux/

On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 10:10 PM, Carol Bean <beanworks at gmail.com<mailto:beanworks at gmail.com>> wrote:
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.

On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 7:50 AM, Carol Bean <beanworks at gmail.com<mailto: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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