[plug] Load-limiting ?

[John Summerfield]

> I'd like to try out load-limiting/balancing on our home gateway. ie; given a
> Linux box IPMasquerading over a 33kmodem, be able to limit how much of the
> available bandwidth is available to different IP's on the LAN.
> 
> Has anyone done this before, or could point me to some resources/HOWTO?

I think ipchains goes some way to this; it doesn't prevent someone 
monopolising the bandwidth if there's no competition, but it can prevent 
that someone from blocking someone else, perhaps by running half-a-dozen 
ftps.


As I understand it, you can make a rule that says traffic from 192.168.0.x 
is more urgent than traffic from 192.168.0.y. The rules can also take into 
account protocols: smtp is more urgent than ftp.

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John Summerfield
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