On Sun, 2004-10-24 at 10:20, it clown wrote: > Hi All, > > I would like to know how to limit bandwidth with iptables.I > would like to limit bandwidth to ip's and mac address.Do i > need another program to work with iptables or can iptables > do it on its own?Does any one know where i can find > something to read up on this? > > If iptables can not do it can i do it with squid? first off--you can't do "inbound" traffic shaping--only outbound. you cannot control how fast incoming packets hit your machine or how big they are--you can only control how fast you allow them to leave. that being said--read chapter 9 of: http://lartc.org/howto/ -j -- Jason Opperisano <opie@xxxxxxxxxxx>