DCS_updater, can we limit the bandwidth?

[Redglyph]

Hello,

 

Many of the links of the updater thread are now broken and I can't find this info: is it possible to limit the download bandwidth of the updater? It's a huge amount of data (90 GB just for the base) and we are in lockdown, I can hardly use the whole bandwidth for hours since that prevents others from having remote sessions and calls, or even browsing.

 

I'm pretty sure I saw this option long ago but I don't find it back, and there isn't any command-line help apparently.

 

Thanks!

[c0ff]

Not ATM.

I've noted the feature request.

[Flappie]

@RedglyphIn the meantime, you can give TMeterFree a go (see "option three"), or maybe Traffic Shaper XP, or Speedlimiter.

Edited January 27, 2021 by Flappie

[Redglyph]

18 hours ago, c0ff said:

Not ATM.

I've noted the feature request.

 

Ah, I must have been confusing it with something else. Weird. Thanks for confirming!

 

17 hours ago, Flappie said:

@RedglyphIn the meantime, you can give TMeterFree a go (see "option three"), or maybe Traffic Shaper XP, or Speedlimiter.

 

 

Thanks for the pointers! I had already tried such a tool without much success, but I can have a look again. That should really be handled by the router, but it's not the case here.

[macedk]

On 1/28/2021 at 12:56 PM, Redglyph said:

 

Ah, I must have been confusing it with something else. Weird. Thanks for confirming!

 

 

Thanks for the pointers! I had already tried such a tool without much success, but I can have a look again. That should really be handled by the router, but it's not the case here.

You can also limit your pc in your router. Many new routers has a ton of options. 

[Redglyph]

On 3/6/2021 at 10:14 PM, macedk said:

You can also limit your pc in your router. Many new routers has a ton of options. 

Not here unfortunately, the router is imposed by the Internet Provider.

[macedk]

Rgr, maybe talk to the isp and see if there is anything they can do.

[Redglyph]

On 3/21/2021 at 6:53 PM, macedk said:

Rgr, maybe talk to the isp and see if there is anything they can do.

Come on, let's be realistic, they don't care a bit about that.

 

I've checked other routers, not cheap ones, and that's not a usual functionality. Except for very expensive hardware like the one we use at work, which also manages VPN and where you can specify access policies.

 

Anyway, none of that solves the problem on the PC itself.

 

When a company imposes their own client to download gigantic amount of software and data, it should definitely have bandwidth control.