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 _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/
Martin A. Brown
2003-Dec-04 16:22 UTC
Re: Bandwidth and traffic priotization and throttling
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/ -- Martin A. Brown --- SecurePipe, Inc. --- mabrown@securepipe.com _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/