What software can I use to shape a shared Internet connection on Windows 7?

Question

I have a laptop running Windows 7, which has two network cards, so I bridged the Ethernet and Wireless connections.

On a second laptop, which runs Windows XP, I set its default gateway to the IP of the bridged network.

The Windows 7 laptop with bridged network has access to the Internet via wireless. The Windows XP laptop can see the Internet through the bridged network.

How do I control the traffic through the Windows 7 machine? Is there a specific tool I can use to do this?

The ones I've found are specific to modems, and not to wireless connections. For wireless connections, I found a network load balancer, but I'm not sure if this is correct.

Answer 1

You can use tools like NetLimiter(Paid but one of the best I've used) or pyShaper (Free, does the job, no frills) to achieve this. It does not matter whether the network is wired or wireless.

Answer 2

The best tool for this purpose is Cisco Network Magic (Free & Paid both versions available). I can challenge any other tool with it.. Its easy to use & very-very powerful. It'll protect you from hackers too (If you've given your XP machine to them).