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From: "Cyril A. Vechera" <cyril@main.piter.net>
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> From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 23 00:57:36 1999
> From: phate1@ix.netcom.com
> To: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Subject: Software bandwidth limiting solution
> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 16:44:22 -0500
>
> 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?

try ipltd. it runs out of kernel, it saves your from mbufs,
but may sometimes freezes if your box is too heavy loaded.


Sincerely your,
	Cyril A. Vechera

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>
> TIA,
> Mike
>
>
>
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