Bandwidth management documents and white papers

Internet sharing guide

An introduction to internet connection sharing for Windows.  Contains a step-by-step guide for configuring sharing for a home or office network.

File sharing ports

File sharing and P2P applications are continually using more and more bandwidth within networks.  This article lists the ports used by the most common programs and how to limit their bandwidth usage.

An introduction to IP

Internet Protocol is the most popular protocol on the planet.  This article introduces the various concepts involved with IP and explains some of the fundamental technology behind it.

Limit bandwidth usage of Kazaa

Looks at ways to reduce the bandwidth usage of network clients running Kazaa software.

High Speed Internet Filtering

Ways of increasing internet speed for Cable, DSL and other high speed internet connections.

ADSL Bandwidth Management HOWTO

Documents the various facets of bandwidth management with WAN media on Linux.  Covers inbound and outbound traffic, queuing and focuses on lowering latency with nearly fully saturated links.  An implementation for Linux is also available: dsl_qos_queue.