Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 17:13:49 +0200 From: deeptech71@gmail.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cant get the damn bandwidth limiter working Message-ID: <465D94AD.4070109@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <465D7D72.5030402@dvterry.com> References: <465849C8.7000300@gmail.com> <20070529150012.7ff9faff@gumby.homeunix.com.> <465D750A.1050605@gmail.com> <465D7D72.5030402@dvterry.com>
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magikman wrote:
> deeptech71@gmail.com wrote:
>> RW wrote:
>>> On Sat, 26 May 2007 16:52:56 +0200
>>> deeptech71@gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> pf and altq are enabled. My ISP allows 16kB/s upload and 128kB/s
>>>> download. I want to use half of that. What should pf.conf contain, to
>>>> limit my computer's upload and download speeds? I've tried:
>>>>
>>>> altq sk0 cbq bandwidth 1576Kb queue { lan, upload, download }
>>>> queue lan bandwidth 1000Kb cbq(default)
>>>> queue upload bandwidth 64Kb cbq
>>>> queue download bandwidth 512Kb cbq
>>>> block in all
>>>> pass in quick on sk0 from 192.168.0.0/16 queue lan
>>>> pass in all on sk0 queue download
>>>> block out all
>>>> pass out quick on sk0 to 192.168.0.0/16 queue lan
>>>> pass out all on sk0 queue upload
>>>>
>>>
>>> AFAIK ALTQ only queues outgoing traffic, and
>>> pass in quick on sk0 from 192.168.0.0/16 queue lan
>>> means: send the packet to the lan queue if it's routed out via the
>>> interface to which "queue lan" is attached, i.e. back out via sk0 -
>>> which isn't going to happen.
>>
>> That would explain. So is there any way to limit the speed at which
>> i'm downloading? Come on I've seen a bunch of software like this for
>> Windows on the net!
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> IPFW and dummynet will allow this. I came up with this from a short
> google search:
> http://www.askbjoernhansen.com/2004/09/22/mini_tutorial_f.html
>
> good luck!
>
Hmm. I've made considerable searches, but only found pf. Guess google's about
luck, not just knowlegde of search terms :]
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