From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 16 03:29:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA24122 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 03:29:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pp3.shef.ac.uk (pp3.shef.ac.uk [143.167.2.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA24106 for ; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 03:28:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nick@dcs.shef.ac.uk) Received: from [143.167.11.162] (helo=dcs.shef.ac.uk) by pp3.shef.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.02 #2) id 0zfMov-0002y4-00; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 11:27:49 +0000 Message-ID: <3650090F.104E728B@dcs.shef.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 11:14:23 +0000 From: "Nick A. Fikouras" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: lubnazia@cyberaccess.com.pk CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bandwith monitor for unix freebsd References: <364A749A.6261@cyberaccess.com.pk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Lubna Zia wrote: > Can we somehow control the bandwith being used by the customers at an > ISP with the help of any relevant s/w tool available for unix freebsd? > Is there a bandwith monitor available for unix freebsd? > When we are talking about TCP/IP network, as far as I know IP is a best effort protocol. That is, it performs its best to deliver traffic as fast as it can. It is this characteristic of IP that makes it impossible (with the current router infrastructure) to reserve or allocate bandwidth in the Internet. I hope this has been of help, nick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message