Re: Iptables as packet shaper

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On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 02:51:55PM +0300, Wennie V. Lagmay wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Im using iptables to filter, translate IP address and forward traffic,  Im 
> using squid delay_pool to limit client access per user and per network, but 
> im having a limitation with the squid delay_pool. I want to have a packet 
> shaper that can can allow my user to have 32 kbps during peer time and 256 
> during off peek time. Delay_pool is not capable of that. Can IPTABLES do 
> this kind of shaping?

no--bandwidth management is not the job of iptables, it is the job of tc
from the iproute2 package.  details are at:

  http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.qdisc.html

lartc also has their own ML:

  http://lartc.org/#mailinglist

-j

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