Bandwidth Shaper Config for Hospitality Networks

Managing internet configurations in busy public areas requires careful planning. This guide outlines standard practices for structuring bandwidth profiles, rate-limiting, and captive portal splash setups to optimize network resources.

Setting limits

Always define strict upload and download limits per client device (e.g., 2 Mbps download / 1 Mbps upload). This ensures a single guest user running torrent downloads doesn't exhaust the overall WAN capacity.