On Sun, Feb 20, 2005 at 10:03:29AM +0530, spdesai@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hello all > > I am using IPTABLE for below purpose onlyy.. > > To restrict ping from/to LAN > To restrict ftp from/to LAN > To restrict telnet from/to LAN > To restrict site from/to LAN > To restrict messanger from/to LAN > To restrict particular port like IMAP/pop3 from/to LAN > > Pl. let me know the whether IPTABLE can use in any other way ..i.e any other > purpose in which IPTABLE can be use. > > can IPTABLE use for bandwidth limiting..???? Not directly. There are some other features which may be used for limiting connections. A good article about this here: http://linuxgazette.net/108/odonovan.html See iproute2 and tc for QOS stuff like bandwidth limiting. -- Ron Peterson Network & Systems Manager Mount Holyoke College http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~rpeterso
