J. Scott Edwards wrote:
I have a remote machine running 4.7 which is streaming audio using icecast. I was hoping to back up the machine by transferring the files to my local machine and doing the backup here. However when I try to copy any (non-tiny) files, using scp for example, it floods the network connection and messes up the audio stream. Is there any way I can transfer files from it at a much slower rate, something like 1/8 normal?
You could use IPFW's traffic shaper stuff (assuming you have IPFW and dummynet in your kernel ... although I think you might be able to load both of these as a kld nowadays)
Something like: ipfw add pipe 1 tcp from any to any 22 ipfw add pipe 1 tcp from any 22 to any ipfw pipe 1 config bw 300Kbit/s Would limit total ssh traffice to 300Kbit/second. Read 'man ipfw' for extensive explanation of ipfw's and dummynet's capabilities. And don't be afraid to ask specific questions, getting the hang of ipfw rules takes a bit of work. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
