On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 12:32:35PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote:
> Andreas Rippl wrote:
> > Package: trickle
>
> First off it is really poor considering it needs to be run once per
> application. This would require mass editing of init.d scripts. Secondly
> trickle is very poor at what it does. If you tell it to limit something to
> 80kps and you have a 160kps line it will let that application burst to 160kps
> for 1/2 second then cut it off completely for 1/2 second. Not exactly a
> trickle, more like a bipolar rainstorm. ;)
>
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Which leads us to your options:
1.) Write your own traffic shaping tool to your _own_ specifications
2.) Live with what you get offered for free by volunteers who performed
1.) to satifsy their own needs
3.) Switch to Windows
The choice is yours
Have a nice one
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