Re: Bandwidth limits??

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 17 Oct 1996 22:31:57 +0100 (BST)


> i would like to know if is there some patch, utils or whatsoever for
> limiting the bandwidht to an user or something similar..
> Thanks
> Luca

Sort of. You can limit the bandwidth by routing some traffic via a specific
device. If you look on ftp.linux.org you'll find a patch to route by source
and destination address. If you look on shadow.cabi.net you'll find shaper
the bandwidth shaping device. Together you can do some fun things with them