El sÃb, 22 de 01 de 2005 a las 02:08, Micah Wedemeyer escribiÃ: > Hi, > > My system consistently locks up on file transfers across the LAN. When > transferring a file to it using scp, it dies after less than 5 seconds. > However, if I use it to download a file from the Internet (using wget), > it does just fine. > > I have heard that my motherboard (a Via Epia MII) has DMA problems and > that high Ethernet traffic is known to lock them up. My theory is that > the Internet connection is slow enough to not hit whatever magic > threshold causes the crash. So, I was hoping to find a way to limit the > speed of transfers with scp and ftp so that they also don't lock up the > machine. > > I asked on a few message boards, and they all mentioned iptables. I've > never used it before, and am a total noob when it comes to networking > stuff. So, I was hoping that the people on this list could point me in > the right direction of where to start. > > To sum up: I need a way to limit the speed of incoming file transfers > using ftp or scp. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated, > Micah Maybe iproute2 can help you. It does QoS and can limit the rate of a connection. You can find more information on the LARTC HOWTO at the site: http://lartc.org Regards. -- Jose Maria Lopez Hernandez Director Tecnico de bgSEC jkerouac@xxxxxxxxx bgSEC Seguridad y Consultoria de Sistemas Informaticos http://www.bgsec.com ESPAÃA The only people for me are the mad ones -- the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles. -- Jack Kerouac, "On the Road"
