From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 8 14:49:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA20859 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 8 May 1998 14:49:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA20560 for ; Fri, 8 May 1998 14:47:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA28318; Fri, 8 May 1998 14:47:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 14:47:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Brian Behlendorf cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: looking for a TCP queue control tool... In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19980508012048.007cbd20@hyperreal.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 8 May 1998, Brian Behlendorf wrote: > > I've got a server dishing out lots of goodies. I'm on an ethernet to a > high-capacity switch. However, I've also got really bursty traffic, and > I'd like to be able to set a ceiling on what goes out on a sustained basis. > E.g., even though I can do 10MB/s in theory, I'd like to implement > something to keep me below 2 MB/s in practice. I realize the most direct > way to do that is implement rate limiting on each service I provide, but > that's not always a tractable problem. Is there a tool that I can use that > works on FreeBSD that I can use to control bandwidth utilization like this? > I know high-end routers can do it, I was hoping for a server-local solution. > > Ideally, it won't touch port 22 packets, so my interactive sessions > wouldn't be harmed. :) Look around for the ALTQ support, or check out Bandwidth Manager from www.etinc.com. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message