[plug] Bandwidth limiting

[Senectus .]

> Tim White wrote:
> > I am looking for a bandwidth limiting program for limiting my download
> > speeds. I am currently using trickle in standalone mode. What I want is
> > for a bandwidth limiter to detect what other programs are using and
> > never stop them from using bandwidth. Instead of reserving 20% for http
> > and chat I would like it to detect if other programs are using the
> > connection and to throttle then. If the connection is empty then i want
> > it to use all of the bandwidth. I think I can do this using trickled but
> > i havn't had time to look yet and what I did see looked complex.
> 
> It sounds like you want a full QoS solution. I've used HTB very
> succesfully, but it took me a while to learn. For a quick fix that might
> work, check out WonderShaper, a CFQ/HTB setup script.
> 
> http://lartc.org/wondershaper/
> 
> I found I needed to write my own script to fit my needs, so I didn't use
> it, but I've heard people have good results with it for simple things.
> 
Is this another level of QoS over shorewall's /etc/shorewall/tos  ? 
Would it conflict with that?

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