And ipcop has an extention that can cache windows updates. That is a big bandwidth saver. (especially after yesterdays patch-tuesday, with the biggest number of updates ever)
rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 782 801 749 www.mountbatten.net Be a professional website builder: www.easysites.ug On Wednesday 14 October 2009 15:50:02 Okello Baldwin wrote: > Roy > > You can also have a look at IPCOP (http://www.ipcop.org). Its open source > :) and very robust! I set it up for our dear folks ar Malaria Consortium > who were having issues with bandwidth to their ISP (MTN) to Bit torrents, > name it. Its now three months after i installed it and they have never > called me, and am still counting. It has got squid and other important open > source software resources, Its web based interface is a plus. > > Give it a shot! > > Kind regards > Baldwin > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 2:51 PM, joseph mpora <[email protected]> wrote: > > Can you give us more information on the 'firewall', is it running a > > standard distro (ubuntu, fedora, suse, ..) or one that's dedicated for > > the job (pfsense, ipcop, moonwall,..) > > > > If you intend to just limit the user to a specific bandwidth on a > > standard distro, install squid and use its delay pools feature. > > > > Using a distro built for firewall duty will make your administration > > easier as everything is already laid out for you. I highly recommend > > pfsense in this regard. > > > > Joseph > > > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 1:38 PM, roy mukasa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > hey guys i have ntop on a windows based network being run by a linux > > > firewall and i was just wondering that while using ntop you can see > > > how much bandwidth each computer on your network is using. now i case > > > i realise that someone is using high bandwidth and i want to stop his > > > download say, is there a way i can do it remotely without me actually > > > going to him and stopping the download myself supposing am at a remote > > > location? > > > > > > -- > > > Roy Mukasa > > > MUK FCIT > > > +256774291110 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > LUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > > > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > > way. > > > > > --------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > > way. --------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
