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Date:      Tue, 7 Sep 1999 09:22:19 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Donald Burr <dburr@Powered-By.AC>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Any way of throttling back cvsup?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909070921070.6392-100000@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909070036120.3549-100000@60-Hz.Powered-By.AC>

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On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, Donald Burr wrote:

> I have cvsup updating my local CVS repository several times a day.
> Unfortunately, it seems that cvsup is sucking up almost all of my
> available bandwidth (256K down/64K up ADSL, soon to be 768K/128K),
> bringing all my other network activity (downloads, etc.) to a standstill.
> 
> Is there any way of throttling back cvsup's bandwidth usage to at least
> give me a *little* bit of bandwidth to play with? :)

try dummynet, it can throttle bandwidth via ipfw rules.

"man dummynet"

you cvsup several times a day? 

-Alfred

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