Hi,
Having a problem with TX / RX limiting with the Mikrotik hotspot.
Scenario:
Currently running Mikrotik hotspot on a ADSL 4096k line, but the upload on this line is 512k (if even).
Ive created some user profiles with different speed capabilities e.g. 1024k.
Problem:
In the profile you can specify RX / TX separately and if 1 user uploads at 512k (the lines total capacity),
everyone else suffers download speeds.
I would like to give the users better download speeds as opposed to upload speeds, to equally balance the line.
Thanks
I specify different upload/download speeds. In “/ip hotspot user profile”, you can set the rate-limit. That will create a simple queue for you.
For example, this is 256k max upload, and 512k max download (viewed from the client).
/ip hotspot user profile
set X rate-limit="256k/512k"
Change X to the number of the user profile.
You can get fancy with burst rates if you want to give a few seconds of “kick butt” speed, then throttle them back to “creepy crawly” speed after that.
This explains the practice:
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Hotspot,_apply_different_limits_and_different_traffic_priorities
This explains the theory:
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Queues_-_Burst
Thanks for the replies.
Will give it a shot. I like the idea with the queues. Makes it easier, instead of managing every user, manage the group instead.