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Date:      Fri, 15 May 1998 08:36:28 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
To:        luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it (Luigi Rizzo)
Cc:        manar@ivision.co.uk, isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Bandwidth limiter available
Message-ID:  <199805150636.IAA02065@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
In-Reply-To: <199805150335.FAA01787@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> from "Luigi Rizzo" at May 15, 98 05:35:14 am

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> > >	Are these limits hi-caps per instant on bandwidth?  Is it possible
> 
> yes.
> 
> > >to configure a limit over a time period or modify this to do so?
> 
> could be done with relative ease.

Actually, thinking about it: you have a queue before the bandwidth
limiter, so you can limit the amount of burstiness by setting the queue
size (in bytes or packets) to an appropriate value. So i'd say it
already does what you ask.

	cheers
	luigi
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