[ale] tcp bandwidth throttling

[James Sumners]

Indeed.

On 8/1/07, Jim Popovitch <yahoo at jimpop.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
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