you could try and used squish, i've got a how-to for it writtern on my website http://www.yourhowto.org/content/view/24/9/ > Hi All, > > Is it possible to get squid to manage traffic in terms of bandwidth, > > Either by restricting the total amount of bandwidth available to each IP > (as a default, not actually by knowing their IP) or globally to the > entire squid process. > > This could help prevent the Internet connection from becoming congested > during peak times. > > Many Thanks > > Rachel > >