alright cool thanks On 14/10/2009, Reinier Battenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > --------------------------------------- > >
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