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Date:      Wed, 6 Jun 2007 13:48:31 +0300
From:      "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" <almarrie@gmail.com>
To:        Freminlins <freminlins@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ipfw - limit other networks
Message-ID:  <499c70c0706060348kbd4b9ap8508f5cd32a33e82@mail.gmail.com>
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On 6/6/07, Freminlins <freminlins@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to limit the number of connections from "foreign" networks to a
> server. I don't want to limit bandwidth, just the number of connections.
> Let's say I have a network 192.168.1.0/24. I want to allow 192.168.2.0/24 to
> have at most 50 connections. I want to allow 192.168.3.0/24 to have 20
> connections. And so on. Is this even possible? Some applications can do this
> but I would prefer to do this at the network level.
>
> I can limit connections on a per IP basis easily, but that isn't what I am
> looking for.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Frem.

Hello Frem,

You may need to check pf instead of ipfw.
-- 
Regards,

-Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri
Arab Portal
http://www.WeArab.Net/



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