That would be the easiest way. But if you like to do it the admin way: " why make things easy when you can make things hard" Then you can install a squid proxy server that sits between the client and the webserver... Then with the squid you can configure that all client can not us over a certian amout of bandwidth, and you also do such advanced stuff like lower the bandwidth for a specific user if he starts downloading a file that is over a certain size...
/Oscar, www.bhood.nu Jeremy Brooking wrote: >Just thinking, a very simple solution to the original problem. >Instead of them using http to download files (not really what it was >designed for anyway) throw pureftpd on your box and rate limit the >connections. > >Very easy solution. > > >On Thu, 2002-07-04 at 15:51, Alexandre Hautequest wrote: > > >>Em Qua, 2002-07-03 �s 12:30, Boogieman escreveu: >> >> >>>As a possible suggestion, we use a built-in feature called 'tc', traffic >>>control. For more info, see a script called 'The Wonder Shaper' at >>>http://www.linuxguruz.org/iptables >>>I personally haven't config'ed this tool, but one of my employees have. >>>If you need more info, just ask. >>> >>> >>Just a note about iproute2 package -- tc and ip, the two big networking >>tools since ping :p -- it's a powerful tool that allows a fine-tune over >>your networking connections. *BUT* you need some settings in your linux >>kernel, who don't make it too much "user friendly". However, take a look >>at http://freshmeat.net/ and search for iproute2 -- if it didn't came >>with your distro -- and also for "CBQ" -- class based queue. It rocks, >>and is quite simple. >> >>Another one to knowledge :) >> >>-- >>Alexandre Hautequest >>_______________________________________________ >>To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: >>http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: >http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
