This post is for educational and historical purposes only. SelfishNet is a legacy tool that manipulates ARP tables. Unauthorized network manipulation is illegal in most jurisdictions. Only use tools like this on networks you own or have explicit written permission to test.
: As a "v0.1 Beta" project, it is prone to crashing, especially on modern versions like Windows 10 and 11. Legacy Requirements : It relies on the older selfishnet v0.1 beta
In shared network environments, high-bandwidth activities by a single user can degrade performance for others. SelfishNet was developed as a portable solution to this "noisy neighbor" problem. Unlike standard Quality of Service (QoS) configurations that require router-level access, SelfishNet operates entirely from the client side. 2. Technical Framework and Requirements This post is for educational and historical purposes only
Administrators can use tools like Wireshark or Arpwatch to monitor network traffic. Only use tools like this on networks you
: You can assign specific upload and download speeds (in KB/s) to any device on the network.
SelfishNet v0.1 Beta appeared on underground forums like Hackforums.net and RaGEZONE. The developer(s) never claimed credit. The readme file (written in broken English, likely translated from Italian or Spanish) read: "Why share when you can dominate? This tool use ARP spoofing to tell the router you are the most important guy. Others can wait."