We currently have an ipcop box serving as gateway but this can be
changed to a more fully fledged linux distro.

Will read up on pools in squid, ebox and the bandwidth-limiting howto.
These seem the most cost effective for the equipment I already have.

Thank you,

Joseph

On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 3:08 PM, Markus A. Wipfler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Joseph,
>
> we use etinc (etinc.com) at work, bur for a "pocket friendly" setup you
> could give this a shot if you got some time on your hands.
>
> Using traffic control (tc) and iptables example:
> http://www.knowplace.org/pages/howtos/traffic_shaping_with_linux/examples.php
>
> Technical explanation about queueing disciplines for bandwidth management:
>
> http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.qdisc.html
>
>
> --
> Markus
>
>
>
> On Oct 4, 2008, at 11:21 AM, joseph mpora wrote:
>
>> Hullo,
>>
>> Does anyone know what ISPs use to limit customers' bandwidth to a
>> particular maximum speed?
>>
>> I have a few bandwidth hogs on my network and want to limit each
>> computer to a particular maximum speed so bandwidth is fairly
>> allocated to each user regardless of their usage (e.g 192.168.0.5 gets
>> a max speed of 10kbps)
>>
>> Cheers, Joseph
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