Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 13:01:56 -0700 From: "Thomas Connolly" <tpconnolly@frii.com> To: "'Donald Burr of Borg'" <dburr@borg-cube.com>, "'FreeBSD Questions'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Bandwidth allocation - is this possible? Message-ID: <003001c2a53d$fd46f830$5608a8c0@ceesi.com> In-Reply-To: <20021216114337.P33041-100000@borg-cube.com>
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Some of the server packages themselves will do bandwidth limiting for = you. If you run Apache, for example, you can configure it to limit the = bandwidth it uses. The same goes with many FTP servers. Hope this helps, Thomas P. Connolly Senior Development Engineer Colorado Engineering Experiment Station Inc. Phone: (970) 897-2711 Fax: (970) 897-2710 Email: tconnolly@ceesi.com =20 -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Donald Burr of Borg Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 12:53 PM To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Bandwidth allocation - is this possible? I have a FreeBSD box (running 4.7-STABLE as of a few weeks ago) as a gateway machine between my home network and a DSL connection (768/128) = to the Internet. Everything works great. I will soon be upgrading to a faster DSL connection... 1500 down, and = 384 up. With the additional outgoing bandwidth, I figure that, now I have more outgoing bandwidth, I can do something that I've wanted to do for a long time: run some outgoing servers (FTP, HTTP, etc.) But here's the catch: I don't want these new servers of mine to hog all the outgoing bandwidth. Say, if someone with a T1 or a really fast = cable connection connects to my FTP server and wants to download something, = then that would pretty much saturate my entire 384 outgoing pipe. Which = means that whatever me or my girlfriend are doing on the Internet (web = browsing, sending email, etc.) slows to a standstill. Now, I thought about it a bit, and here's an ideal solution: If I could somehow segment my outgoing bandwidth... let's say, allocate only 256 of it for use by the FTP/HTTP/whatever servers, and leave the other 128 for use only by people going out from the internal network, then the FTP/HTTP/etc. users would still get an acceptable level of performance, while my SO and I can still surf the web, send email, etc. at reasonable speeds. Is this doable in FreeBSD? Are there any FAQ's or HOWTO-type documents = on how I could get this type of setup going? Any and all help gratefully appreciated. Thanks! --=20 Donald Burr of Borg <dburr@borg-cube.com> | FreeBSD: The Power to = Serve! WWW: http://www.borg-cube.com/ ICQ #16997506 | http://www.freebsd.org/ P.O. Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 = \----------------------------- Phone: (805)563-0672 Present Day... Present = Time! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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