On Mon, 2004-04-12 at 08:43, Antony Stone wrote: > On Monday 12 April 2004 4:13 pm, cron@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > > I´m new to iptables and also to the list. > > > > I have a linux box with 1 mb internet connection with is the host for some > > sites and some email and is also the gateway to 5 pcs with fake ip adress > > just to provide acess to the internet. > > > > Nat is woking fine but would be very nice to limit the bandwith to the > > lan. I have no clue where to start. Perhaps someone could anser some > > questions? > > > > Does iptables limit bandwith? > > Not really, no - it's more of an "all or nothing" filtering mechanism - either > you decide to allow something, or you decide not to (with certain specific > exceptions such as SYN packet rate limiting for flood protection). > > > Any good howto about iptables/bandwith? > > Check out http://lartc.org - that will do what you need. > > Regards, > > Antony. As Antony said, lartc.org is the home page for the "tc" toolkit (command is also called "tc") and the "iproute" toolkit (command is called "ip"). specifically look at http://lartc.org/lartc.html#AEN2241 for a ready-to-run HTB script and http://lartc.org/lartc.html#AEN2233 for a ready-to-run CBQ script. But do take the time to learn the "tc" (for "traffic control") architecture and its rich features, its worth the time. -- Ranjeet Shetye Senior Software Engineer Zultys Technologies Ranjeet dot Shetye2 at Zultys dot com http://www.zultys.com/ The views, opinions, and judgements expressed in this message are solely those of the author. The message contents have not been reviewed or approved by Zultys.
