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From: Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>
To: phate1@ix.netcom.com
Subject: RE: Software bandwidth limiting solution
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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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