Based on our record, OpenWrt seems to be a lot more popular than NetLimiter. While we know about 103 links to OpenWrt, we've tracked only 2 mentions of NetLimiter. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
If your current router supports a custom firmware like openWRT then you could do this without having to buy a new one. Source: 5 months ago
Unfortunately, I can't create an account via Github on the openwrt site. Source: 7 months ago
Anyone else having trouble reaching openwrt.org right now? I can't get the forums, main page or downloads. I've done plenty of troubleshooting and there isn't anything else on my network having trouble reaching anything else on the internet. Source: 8 months ago
On the router. openwrt.org has lots of great documentation that lays out exactly what you're looking for and then some. Source: 10 months ago
Is the Verizon one a combined modem/router? If you want to add your own router, you might have to call them and ask them to put it into bridged mode. I like OpenWRT because it gives you a lot of customization options. I've just been running it on an old TP-Link Archer C7 for the past 5 years or so and I haven't had any issues, but that's ancient hardware now. Source: 11 months ago
Get Netlimiter and you can limit Steam and anything else you want to use practically no bandwidth. Source: almost 3 years ago
On Windows, the classic tool to solve this problem is called NetLimiter, and it allows you to control bandwidth usage on a per-app basis. I used it back in my Win98 days and it was fantastic, and probably still is. Source: almost 3 years ago
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