From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "it clown" Subject: Re: limiting bandwidth with iptables or squid? Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 17:35:41 +0200 Sender: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Message-ID: References: <1098631001.9024.23.camel@hubcap.ljm.dom> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1098631001.9024.23.camel@hubcap.ljm.dom> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org Sorry i ment outbound traffic.Thanks, will check the url out. On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 11:16:41 -0400 Jason Opperisano 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 > > _____________________________________________________________________ For super low premiums ,click here http://www.dialdirect.co.za/quote