[ale] tcp bandwidth throttling

[Jim Popovitch]

On Wed, 2007-08-01 at 19:05 -0400, James Sumners wrote:
> Class Based Queueing (CBQ). The best document I've found in regard to
> this is found at http://www.sigsegv.cx/qos.html . You will need to use
> iptables MARK module
> (http://www.linuxtopia.org/Linux_Firewall_iptables/x4368.html); the
> note on that page about it being in 2.4 is misleading. You will need
> to use a recent 2.6 kernel.
> 
> If need be, I can pull my old router out of the closet and get my
> scripts off it. They are a decent example.

Thank you James.

Are you suggesting that I can use iptables to MARK specific traffic,
based on IP address or port, and then use tc to throttle that marked
traffic?

-Jim P.