Sorry i ment outbound traffic.Thanks, will check the url out. On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 11:16:41 -0400 Jason Opperisano <opie@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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> > > _____________________________________________________________________ For super low premiums ,click here http://www.dialdirect.co.za/quote