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Re: Simple bandwidth limiting examples?



On Wed, 11 Sep 2002 11:35:45 -0500
Michael Jinks <mjinks@uchicago.edu> wrote:

> I don't really have time to become an expert in traffic shaping.  I've
> been given a limit for this machine from the networking guys, and I just
> want to slap on one rule that says, in effect, "don't send more than N
> packets per second[0] off campus" while leaving on-campus traffic
> unrestricted.  I suspect that I'll end up using one or two very simple
> tc commands, but right now it looks like I'll have to read a lot and
> experiment for days before I figure out what they are.
> 
> [0] the limit from networking is actually expressed per month, but I
> figure I'll have to write the rule in terms of seconds, for whatever
> that's worth.

Looks like section 15.9 in the HOWTO at http://lartc.org/ covers just what
you want to do.  Looks like they provide a quick example of how to do it.

-- 
Jamin W. Collins



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