Protocol limits (was: Bandwidth limits)

Vladimir Litovka (kernl@phoenix.kharkov.ua)
Sun, 20 Oct 1996 13:10:46 +0200 (EET)


Hi!

> > Is there a way to limit the bandwidth of one program? I have a 28.8k
> > PPP connection; it would be nice to be able to limit an FTP connection
> > to 75% or less of the bandwidth so that interactive performance
> > (remote email & netnews browsing) could stay high...
> >
> > Something equivalent to the "nice" command would be nice :-)
> > Like: bwnice [-p maximum percent of bandwidth] [command [args...]]
>
> Thats hard to do as you need to limit it at the source end of your PPP
> link, not your own personal machine

Then another question - is there a way to limit separate protocols from
one address (or group address?) in percentage of overall bandwidth of my
external connection?

Yours sincerely, Doka