[LARTC] Bandwidth and traffic priotization and throttling

[LARTC] Bandwidth and traffic priotization and throttling

[Leon van den Berg]

Bandwidth and traffic priotization and throttling

Good day,

I'm trying to setup my server to bandwidth control. Where we live
bandwidth is very expensive and we need to closely monitor it. We'll buy
512kbps and this will have to be shared between 4 companies. Thus giving
everybody a minimum if 128kbps but it must be burstable to 512Kbps if
availible. Can you please give me a good article or howto, explaining
the steps required. I'll have 4 network cards for internal traffic and 1
for the internet. Can I set bandwidth throttling per network card?

Thanks
Leon van den Berg
South Africa 

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Re: [LARTC] Bandwidth and traffic priotization and throttling

[Martin A. Brown]

Good morning, Leon,

 : I'm trying to setup my server to bandwidth control. Where we live
 : bandwidth is very expensive and we need to closely monitor it. We'll
 : buy 512kbps and this will have to be shared between 4 companies. Thus
 : giving everybody a minimum if 128kbps but it must be burstable to
 : 512Kbps if availible.

It is absolutely possible to do this.  I would recommend using HTB (for
bandwidth shaping and sharing) in conjunction with tcng (for easier
configuration).  I have an article [0] that covers this combination in
particular, although you'll still need to gain an understanding of the
system before you can work with these tools [1].

 : Can you please give me a good article or howto, explaining the steps
 : required.

I'd suggest starting with the links describing the entire traffic control
systetm [1], and then read the more specific content.  Don't forget to
consult (search through) the LARTC archive [2] and Stef Coene's pages [3].

 : I'll have 4 network cards for internal traffic and 1 for the internet.
 : Can I set bandwidth throttling per network card?

Yes.  Absolutely.

-Martin

 [0] http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Traffic-Control-tcng-HTB-HOWTO/
 [1] http://www.docum.org/stef.coene/qos/faq/cache/46.html
 [2] http://mailman.ds9a.nl/pipermail/lartc/
 [3] http://docum.org/

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Martin A. Brown --- SecurePipe, Inc. --- mabrown@securepipe.com

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