# User bandwidth limitations! **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [June 13, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/user-bandwidth-limitations/195643 "2017-06-13T18:23:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chris0101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/67e7ee/32.png) [@chris0101](https://forums.plex.tv/u/chris0101)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/user-bandwidth-limitations/195643/1 "2017-06-13T18:23:52Z")
We need these so bad , let me give you an example of what happened over the last week , so i set up 2-3 people on my plex server , set their bandwidth to 4 mbps on their android apps and told them how to use it. ( they cast to a chromecast from their android devices ) Now sometime recently all the apps were updated and all my settings were gone, i only found this out when i had messages saying they were getting buffering, ( they were all trying to direct stream!!!) . This is BAD, these are not technical people and even finding the settings is hard enough for them. My workaround was to change the xml file to limit the chromecast bandwidth to a 4 mbps max, so whatever their settings that’s the max they get , they all use chromecast so it works but this isn’t ideal… right now there’s no better method! Need to be able to set a bandwidth limitation per user! please please! ---
**Author:** ![hthighway](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/hthighway/32/82003_2.png) [@hthighway](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hthighway)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/user-bandwidth-limitations/195643/2 "2017-06-13T18:30:14Z")
You can already set a limit on the remote streaming quality for users at the server. See: [https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/227715247-Server-Settings-Bandwidth-and-Transcoding-Limits](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/227715247-Server-Settings-Bandwidth-and-Transcoding-Limits) > **Limit remote video quality** > You can set the maximum speed at which any individual playback stream can upload. For instance, you might decide that you don’t want any individual remote stream to go over 4 Mbps, even if you have a higher total internet upload speed and allow multiple streams. ---
**Author:** ![chris0101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/67e7ee/32.png) [@chris0101](https://forums.plex.tv/u/chris0101)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/user-bandwidth-limitations/195643/3 "2017-06-13T18:32:32Z")
Yea that’s no google to me, i also use the plex server remotely and don’t want to be limited to 4mbps … i direct stream and it works fine for me, what would be nice is to have “per user” controls, need to be more granular than just limit remote streams. people have different requirements . For example one persons internet is 6 mbps down, 4mbps is pretty much what they can handle … me ? 45mbps , i can direct stream most. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/user-bandwidth-limitations/195643/4 "2017-06-13T18:32:38Z")
If you describe your situation like this, then I have to say to you: this has already been implemented. [https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200289506-Remote-Access](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200289506-Remote-Access) ![](https://support.plex.tv/hc/article_attachments/115010410227/mceclip6.png) But even if you really meant “I want to set the upper limit for every of my user individually” then is is still a “duplicate feature request” > **[Feature request: per user bandwidth limits](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/272570/feature-request-per-user-bandwidth-limits#top)** > > So it has been nearly 8 months since “Streaming Brain” debuted with a global per stream quality limit and global total bandwidth limit, but no enhancements have been made in that time. Now that the base features exist, I am sure many of us think it... closing please respect the rules for this subforum - search first if the request has already been posted before - only [one feature per post](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/46128/rules-for-this-forum-inc-how-to-vote#top "one feature per post") ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/user-bandwidth-limitations/195643/5 "2021-01-17T17:19:18Z")
Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/user-bandwidth-limitations/195643/6 "2021-06-10T00:43:38Z")