hi stan, Greeting from INDIA .... :-) We do at our setup with multiple/combo network adapters !.. with netfilter & lartc not only v do badwidth managment ip based but also a little bit of la layer 4 switching, priortising usage of our servers ! i dont use GUI interface and am unaware of any but i guess there was some discussion on netfilter mailing list a few days back for kde netfilter admin or something like that ! how-to is ones best bet & ofcourse nice guys & gurus on this list makes it outsanding ! > Message: 3 > From: "Stanis?aw Winiecki - Admin" <admin@banpol.com.pl> > To: <lartc@mailman.ds9a.nl> > Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 13:29:13 +0100 > Subject: [LARTC] Mini-ISP-like bandwidth limiter > > Hi everyone, > > Greetings from Poland :) > I want to be able to allocate portions of the internet link bandwidth to > several homes in an apartment house. We pay together for internet access and > have a Linux router/gateway. > Now we want to expand a little, i.e. buy a bit more bandwidth and achieve > the following: > - A possibility to assign a public IP address to a household (some people > want to have their own servers at home) > - Split the bandwidth to a requested level, so that some people could get > more, some less, and pay their appropriate share in the overall link cost. > > It looks to me as a small ISP-like problem :) Of course we run this network > privately, so we can't afford a professional bandwidth limiting software or > hardware solution. > > To be honest I'm not a Linux guru [yet ;)], so learning about LARTC, > experimenting and maintaining it will take some time. In the meantime I was > wondering, whether someone has experience with such a setup, with multiple > network adapters and hopefully some administration aids (a web-based > interface would be a dream). > > Anyone can help?... > > Best regards > Stan -- Arindam Haldar Systems & Network Digital 2 Virtual ISP Pvt Ltd. Vadodara, Gujarat INDIA
