I forwarded this to our local LUG. One of our members is from a local ISP that uses wireless technology. This was the feedback:
>�hi, >� >�I remember the FreeBSD firewalling can govern bandwidth usage on an interface. *** Yes it can...It's based on firewall rules in which you divert packets to a "pipe". It works well but currently it works with ip addresses and not MAC. I'm hoping they'll add that feature soon :) On Thursday 27 December 2001 03:30, you wrote: > I didn't get an answer to my question when I posted to [expert], let me try > [newbie]. > Is this off topic?... > > I want to build a Bandwidth Management box for my friends ISP. He tells me > he is providing Wireless access and currently controls security by > hardcoding the MAC address of each client (he owns the Wireless client > hardware). He needs MAC Layer control over his clients. > > I have not done this before so this will be a learning experience for me. > Can you do MAC Layer Bandwidth Management? > > Thanks > > -Allen ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: application/octet-stream; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ----------------------------------------
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