[ale] tcp bandwidth throttling

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

On Wed 2007-08-01 18:21:23 -0400, Jim Popovitch wrote:

> I've got some things that I want to restrict bandwidth for.
> Specifically, by port or IP, I want to limit bandwidth to a certain rate
> (i.e. 1Mb/s).   What are my options for doing this?

The canonical source for this stuff on a low level in Linux is the
Linux Advanced Routing and Traffic Control (the LARTC).

You're probably interested in the Queueing Disciplines for Bandwidth
Management:

 http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.qdisc.html

hth,

        --dkg