If you are a Network Administrator with little knowledge in Network Protocols and IPtables, don't worry you can also control your network traffic with a simple tool named wondershaper. It Works on Linux 2.4 & higher.
Open a Terminal and type the following
$ sudo apt-get install wondershaper
official site : http://lartc.org/wondershaper/
Readme files in /usr/share/doc/wondershaper
The following Command will help you to find the network interface (eth0, eth1 or wifi0 etc..)
$ifconfig
Now
$sudo wondershaper eth0 downspeed upspeed
eg: sudo wonderspeed 128 64To Disable this settings
$sudo wondershaper clear eth0
make these connection settings permanent by editing /etc/network/interfaces file :
$ sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces and add the following lines
up /sbin/wondershaper eth0 downspeed upspeed
down /sbin/wondershaper clear eth0
3 comments:
The down and up speeds, are they from a desktop or a server perspective? I need to throttle the outbound network on my server.
To Joe:
I think this apply for both scenarios: Desktop and Server.
Thanks for that confirmation. Maybe now I can get back to being a mirror for Fedora again.
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