Re: limiting bandwidth with iptables or squid?

["it clown" <suse@mailbox.co.za>]

Sorry i ment outbound traffic.Thanks, will check the url
out.

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 11:16:41 -0400
 Jason Opperisano <opie@817west.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-10-24 at 10:20, it clown wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > I would like to know how to limit bandwidth with
> iptables.I
> > would like to limit bandwidth to ip's and mac
> address.Do i
> > need another program to work with iptables or can
> iptables
> > do it on its own?Does any one know where i can find
> > something to read up on this?
> > 
> > If iptables can not do it can i do it with squid?
> 
> first off--you can't do "inbound" traffic shaping--only
> outbound.  you
> cannot control how fast incoming packets hit your machine
> or how big
> they are--you can only control how fast you allow them to
> leave.
> 
> that being said--read chapter 9 of:
> 
>         http://lartc.org/howto/
>         
> -j
> 
> -- 
> Jason Opperisano <opie@817west.com>
> 
> 

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