Re: Throttling network interface traffic

In message <df1rb2$n7c$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Gordon Henderson <gordon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes 
In article <df1qhq$m9p$2$8302bc10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Colin McKinnon  <colin.deletethis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Bernard Peek wrote:

I have broadband with a static IP address and want to hang a web-server
on the network. I've got a machine loaded with Ubuntu.

Can I throttle the network interface back to say 64Kb to stop it 

erm mod_throttle?

Type 'throttle apache' into google then click on 'I feel lucky'. If you've
go apache 2 you might want to try 'throttle apache2' and look thu all of
the first page.


The OP didn't want to throttle apache, but all stuff coming out of that
particular server.

You might want to look at "wondershaper" and run that on the firewall box -
it's not perfect, but it's a start.

The firewall is a hardware device and doesn't have any traffic-shaping options. I don't really want to run another PC 24 hours a day which is why I want to throttle the system at the server.


Understanding how the Linux kernel does traffic shaping is a rather
intersing excercise in itself, but it's very do-able and efficient.

I'm sure there's a way. The question is whether I can get my head around it, I haven't been using Linux very long and I'm definitely not a programmer.




--
Bernard Peek
London, UK. DBA, Manager, Trainer & Author.

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