Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 18:06:41 -0500 (EST) From: Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com> To: phate1@ix.netcom.com Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Software bandwidth limiting solution Message-ID: <XFMail.990222180641.vev@michvhf.com> In-Reply-To: <000d01be5eac$87517140$29e76dd1@dialup.phate.com>
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On 22-Feb-99 phate1@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm running 3.0-Stable.
>
> I'm trying to limit bandwidth to one of the boxes to to below 5Mbps (it's
> eating up a full 10Mbps lan)..
> Specifically just limit port 80 (web traffic) so I can telnet/ftp without
> any lag..
>
> I tried dummynet, but it only seems to queue incoming packets, which results
> in me running out of my mbufs (8192 total), and the system reboots.
>
> Can a software solution handle this? Or would I need something hardware
> based?
Unless someone changed something in Dummynet you can limit in both
directions by rule. Take another look at your ipfw rules.
Vince.
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