[top posting corrected] >> Are you just trying to share bandwidth fairly between users? If so, your >> best bet is to change to one leaf for all your clients, but attach a >> filter to it that will share bandwidth *by IP address* (see below) - the >> default is to share by connection. If you want an overall limit you can >> apply that to the one leaf, and then everybody within it will get their >> fair share within. >> >> If you want people who are downloading/uploading large amounts to get a >> reduced share, then set up an iptables rule to set a MARK based on the >> amount of date transferred in that connection. There's a good example at >> the following web page, although it's currently a work in progress: >> >> http://www.andybev.com/index.php/Fair_traffic_shaping_an_ADSL_line_for_a_local_network_using_Linux > > > Will that share the bandwidth pro rata? By "default", the kernel shares bandwidth by connection, not per user (this is not Squid specific). > Say the bandwidth is 10Mbps and you have 10 users, they only get 1 each? > Otherwise isn't it shared equally anyway? No, if one is downloading several different files (or using P2P software), they will get a disproportionate amount of bandwidth. > There must be a way to apply a kbps limit in case someone is hogging the > bandwidth? You can set a limit per IP address as Landy is doing, but it is better to use tc (and SFQ) to share bandwidth per IP address (using "flow hash keys nfct-dst divisor") as per the website above. Andy
