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Date:      Wed, 23 Apr 2003 02:12:01 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        CARTER Anthony <a.carter@cordis.lu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: limiting download speed...
Message-ID:  <20030423071201.GC50895@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <200304230849.33743.a.carter@intrasoft.lu>
References:  <200304230849.33743.a.carter@intrasoft.lu>

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In the last episode (Apr 23), CARTER Anthony said:
> I use freebsd at work amidst the sniggles of my MS colleagues...
> However, I do have a little question regarding the 2Mbit pipe that we
> have... Is there a way that I can limit my downloads to say 50K/secs
> rather than pumping 200k/sec.  People here don't get too happy when
> that happens, so they manage it using d/l managers or such... Is
> there a "FreeBSD" equivalent?

You can use dummynet and ipfw to limit all traffic to a set bandwidth,
or only limit certain ports.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com



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