Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 00:39:35 -0700 From: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> To: valentin strasser <valentin_strasser@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a question about sharing Message-ID: <392B8737.CE9A3B15@gorean.org> References: <20000523115250.86319.qmail@hotmail.com>
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valentin strasser wrote:
>
> Hello
> I'm an university Net administrator. The net works under FreeBSD UNIX. We
> are connected to our ISP via a cable with a limited traffic. We want to give
> our students some access to the Internet in such a way that each student
> will have his/hers account with a limited amount of Mbytes per month of
> traffic. I would gladly appreciate if anyone tells me where to find a free
> software that can solve the problem. Our ISP wants to change FreeBSD on
> Linux.
FreeBSD can do this, assuming that I understand the question correctly.
I believe the dummynet and bridging capabilities are what you're looking
for. Unfortunately I can't help get you up and running, since I haven't
worked with them, but there is a lot of information in the mail archives
and the on line FAQ and handbook.
Good luck,
Doug
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