Re: Bandwidth Throttling

["daN." <dan () nesmail com>]

> Anyone know of any good bandwidth throttling apps for Linux?
>
>
> Carric Dooley
> Network Security Consultant

This is the only option I have noticed in the stable kernel series that
mentions anything about throttling network traffic, and it doesn't look
very promising yet as this isn't something that can be done without kernel
level support.


Forwarding between high speed interfaces (CONFIG_NET_HW_FLOWCONTROL) [N/y/?] ?

CONFIG_NET_HW_FLOWCONTROL:

  This option enables NIC (Network Interface Card) hardware throttling
  during periods of extremal congestion. At the moment only a couple
  of device drivers support it (really only one -- tulip, modified
  8390 can be found at
  ftp://ftp.inr.ac.ru/ip-routing/fastroute/fastroute-8390.tar.gz).
  Really, this option is applicable to any machine attached to a fast enough
  network, and even a 10 Mb NIC is able to kill a not very slow box,
  such as a 120MHz Pentium.

  However, do not say Y here if you did not experience any serious
  problems.
Forwarding between high speed interfaces (CONFIG_NET_HW_FLOWCONTROL) [N/y/?]

Dan Steele
Network Administrator
WestNet Management Corp.