[ale] tcp bandwidth throttling

[Bob Toxen]

I have used CBQ to great success for a client.  It takes time to
set up but works well.  We alter bandwidth by time of day and
day of the week as well.

Bob Toxen
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On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 07:05:29PM -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.
> 
> On 8/1/07, Jim Popovitch <yahoo at jimpop.com> 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?
> >
> > -Jim P.
> 
> 
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