Router with traffic shaping

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Router with traffic shaping

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Anyone knows of a good & cheap broadband router with traffic shaping?
I'd like to get a Router that allows to allocate each device on the network a specific amount of bandwidth (MB or %) and avoid one device choking the others.

it seems those aren't very popular, so any advice and a link to a model would be great.
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Western digital has them
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can you be a little more specific? a specific model?
this subject is practically non-existent here. And there isn't a big variety either.
To get the right one i need to know exactly what to look for.

plus, there are a lot of different QoS settings in routers. some allow to prioritize only specific apps. Id like to be able to set prioritize and restrictions for IPs. I don't care what they run on their machine, if the bandwidth is being used to its fullest, i'd like to cap different IPs at different values.
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What do you already have? You might be able to install DD WRT or Tomato firmware on it.
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currently i have a TP-Link model TL-WR641G. ill google what can be done with it.
but im thinking of setting up a new network at a different place (not at home), so i need a new router anyway.
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