Does anyone know how to split a 1 Meg Broadband Cable connection down the middle ? There are always arguments when one of the two PC's in our house (which are sharing via a Belkin Router) is downloading a large file and top speed, and would be nice to be able to limit each machine to 500K of connection. Anyone know ?

The simple routers for home use can't do that. You need a CISCO or equivalent commercial grade router for bandwidth management. Windows network management can't do it either. An alternative is to install a software router on a Linux machine. Some of them excellent controls, so I have heard. Sorry, no easy good answer.

Amazing! Cisco DID make a SOHO cable router with full IOS ( router operating system). IOS includes bandwidth management. Quality of Service (QoS) is a term that can include bandwidth management. Linksys says it has QoS, but it doesn't include bandwidth management. The Cisco router,UBR 904, originally cost over $800. They are discontinued & available now for $65. http://www.trippnet.com/cisco_modem/ This is a cable modem/4 port router/firewall/VPN. Belkin, Dlink and Linksys are easy to install and configure. Cisco is not that easy.

Hi sonnysandiego - Funny you mentioned "Belkin, Dlink and Linksys are easy to install and configure. Cisco is not that easy." Did you know that Linksys is now a division of Cisco?

yes, Cisco bought Linksys to keep it out of the business market. Cisco is much more complicated. It also does a lot more.

The LinkSys BEFSR81 8 port router does support the QoS feature which can be used to give any of the first four lines Priority over the other lines. While not "bandwidth sharing" it could help with the problem of a KaZaA download hog, and give priority to the first link when it needs it. No idea how well this works. Has anyone had experience with setting this up.

For the Linux fans, Smoothwall is a popular firewall with optional QoS. http://www.smoothwall.org/ http://www.ivanhawkes.com/contentitem.aspx?id=59&ciid=352