I hope this list is still active. I'm an experienced Linux Sysadmin, but I haven't done much in the way of routing. Due to a decision made by my higherups, I need to jam a computer between my ISP and my LAN to do bandwidth throttling. My current setup: 1 Crappy Cable Modem (7Mb/768Kb connection) with a static IP. 4 servers (all have static, routable IPs) - One of which is running NAT/DHCP (2 NICs) for 6 workstations (All using DHCP) I have 1 spare routable IP. My current setup has the cable modem plugged directly into my LAN. But it ends up this modem doesn't do intelligent traffic/bandwidth management. I need a way to throttle and poll usage through the modem such that neither uploads nor downloads will ever use the full capacity (and thus dominate the router). Currently, the best I can do, is to throttle some of those 4 servers, but that doesn't help me with the workstations. So I figured I'd need to jam a machine between the modem and the LAN to work as a 'gatekeeper' to control the bidirectional traffic (and I could use it for a firewall too). Can someone help me on how I need to set this up? I have a spare box I could easily put two NICs into, if needed, to make it the gatekeeper. ----- Michael Yacht CTO Ideal Conditions, Inc. 5329 Beeler Street, #2 Pittsburgh, PA 15217 v: 412-325-1375 _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list LARTC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.ds9a.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lartc
