Re: Hardware solution? (or v.easy software fix instead)

Linux Advanced Routing and Traffic Control

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On Thursday 20 January 2005 17:07, ajpearce wrote:
<snip>
> So I need an answer to avoid arguments.
>
> - Is there a plush hardware solution to the problem?

You could always get one of those Linksys routers that runs Linux and 
configure Linux traffic control on it.

<snip>
> If I go for the computer option and I'm able to pull it off I might as
> well make it a fileserver and use it as a single computer to download
> stuff on (so bittorrent, eDonkey and so we have 1 computer left on and
> not 3. If so what approach would you take for this? Use my own setup
> but binary parts to be sure it will work including kernel, iptables
> and iproute? - or should I take a distro setup for this and add stuff
> to that instead? I need:

L7-Filter hasn't been picking up Kademilia so filtering eDonkey tends to be 
difficult.  ipp2p might be better about this, but I haven't tried it.  I just 
filter based on IP for p2p since I only have a single box that does any p2p.

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> http://www.metamorpher.de/fairnat/

fairnat ought to let you share bandwidth out between groups of machines, so 
you and your roommate ought to be able to split up the bandwidth.

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