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Date:      Tue, 03 Feb 2004 12:18:11 +0100
From:      Alex Dupre <ale@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@sitetronics.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ipfw@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Line limitations with dummynet
Message-ID:  <401F8373.5000900@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <401F80EB.6030707@sitetronics.com>
References:  <401F80EB.6030707@sitetronics.com>

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Devon H. O'Dell wrote:

> First of all -- my understanding of dummynet is that it works on a 
> per-connection basis. For instance, if I limit a host to 30KB/s in an 
> attempt to get the host to not exceed 300KB/s total transfer, and 11 
> people start transferring, my plain is foiled.

Uh? Look at ipfw(4), section "TRAFFIC SHAPER (DUMMYNET) CONFIGURATION".
You can limit the total bandwidth using a pipe.

--
Alex Dupre



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