Hi,

I have an R6400. I really like the router and most of the features, although some features just don't work at all such as the blocking.

Anyways, an idea I want to submit as an improvement for home and small office users is related to data traffic. Many users have a monthly data limit with their ISP. As example I have a 500 Gb per month limit. If I go over that, then there are huge addon fees.

The current traffic meter in the R6400 looks like it has ability to track total data for the month. It also looks like there is a "disable the internet connection" option for when the data limit is reached.

I would very much like to see this feature enhanced/expanded to where the user can program a data cap or quota to each IP device address on the router. For example; I have two problem users on my network. My daughter and her iPod, my son and his iPhone. These two are responsible for 70% of our monthly data usage because of the amount of video streaming they do. I would like to program a set limit per device so that there is fair play to all the other users on the network.

As specific example, I would assign a static IP address to my daughter's iPod, let's say it is 192.168.1.42. Then I would go to the traffic meter and assign a monthly data cap limit of 45 Gb to IP 192.168.1.42 , when that limit is reached - block any further internet access from 192.168.1.42 In this way, her iPod is free to use the internet up to 45 Gb for the month. And when that is reached, it is cut off. Leaving the remainder of the monthly limit (500-45= 455Gb) to the other users on the network.

This feature I am asking for is not a "speed" control cap like QoS. It is a cummulative monthly data cap per device/IP.

Can this be done on the next firmware update please? Please please pretty please with ice cream and cherries?!

Add feature to traffic meter control to enable device caps