Re: downloads too fast, hogging whole modem line

2002-07-09 Thread ivan
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On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 11:58:24AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
> that has been posted to comp.os.linux.networking as well.
> 
> My downloads are too fast, hogging the whole modem line.  Is there any
> way to slow them down so I can read web pages at the same time?
> 
> In particular, assume the program has no brakes itself, and we must
> some how nice(1) its portion of the bandwidth.
> 
> I posted 'any "nice" for ppp line competition? [Was: how do I slow down 
> noffle?]'
> in comp.protocols.ppp, news.software.readers but they told me to go
> post elsewhere.
> 
> I can only read google for the last few minutes of a call now.
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Re: downloads too fast, hogging whole modem line

2002-07-09 Thread ivan

http://lartc.org/wondershaper/

On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 11:58:24AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
> that has been posted to comp.os.linux.networking as well.
> 
> My downloads are too fast, hogging the whole modem line.  Is there any
> way to slow them down so I can read web pages at the same time?
> 
> In particular, assume the program has no brakes itself, and we must
> some how nice(1) its portion of the bandwidth.
> 
> I posted 'any "nice" for ppp line competition? [Was: how do I slow down noffle?]'
> in comp.protocols.ppp, news.software.readers but they told me to go
> post elsewhere.
> 
> I can only read google for the last few minutes of a call now.
> -- 
> http://jidanni.org/ Taiwan(04)25854780
> 
> 
> -- 
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Re: downloads too fast, hogging whole modem line

2002-07-09 Thread Theodor Milkov
On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 01:14:26PM +0200, Marcin Sochacki wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 03:34:11AM -0400, Blu wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 11:58:24AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> > > 
> > > My downloads are too fast, hogging the whole modem line.  Is there any
> > > way to slow them down so I can read web pages at the same time?
> 
> You could also use pavuk (a clone of wget) for downloads, which has
> a bandwidth limiting option.

Btw, latest versions of wget also have option --limit-rate.

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Re: downloads too fast, hogging whole modem line

2002-07-09 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 11:58:24AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
> that has been posted to comp.os.linux.networking as well.
> 
> My downloads are too fast, hogging the whole modem line.  Is there any
> way to slow them down so I can read web pages at the same time?
> 
> In particular, assume the program has no brakes itself, and we must
> some how nice(1) its portion of the bandwidth.
> 
> I posted 'any "nice" for ppp line competition? [Was: how do I slow down 
> noffle?]'
> in comp.protocols.ppp, news.software.readers but they told me to go
> post elsewhere.
> 
> I can only read google for the last few minutes of a call now.

http://lartc.org/

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Re: downloads too fast, hogging whole modem line

2002-07-09 Thread Theodor Milkov

On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 01:14:26PM +0200, Marcin Sochacki wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 03:34:11AM -0400, Blu wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 11:58:24AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> > > 
> > > My downloads are too fast, hogging the whole modem line.  Is there any
> > > way to slow them down so I can read web pages at the same time?
> 
> You could also use pavuk (a clone of wget) for downloads, which has
> a bandwidth limiting option.

Btw, latest versions of wget also have option --limit-rate.

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Re: downloads too fast, hogging whole modem line

2002-07-09 Thread Nathan E Norman

On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 11:58:24AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
> that has been posted to comp.os.linux.networking as well.
> 
> My downloads are too fast, hogging the whole modem line.  Is there any
> way to slow them down so I can read web pages at the same time?
> 
> In particular, assume the program has no brakes itself, and we must
> some how nice(1) its portion of the bandwidth.
> 
> I posted 'any "nice" for ppp line competition? [Was: how do I slow down noffle?]'
> in comp.protocols.ppp, news.software.readers but they told me to go
> post elsewhere.
> 
> I can only read google for the last few minutes of a call now.

http://lartc.org/

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Re: downloads too fast, hogging whole modem line

2002-07-09 Thread Marcin Sochacki
On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 03:34:11AM -0400, Blu wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 11:58:24AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> > 
> > My downloads are too fast, hogging the whole modem line.  Is there any
> > way to slow them down so I can read web pages at the same time?

You could also use pavuk (a clone of wget) for downloads, which has
a bandwidth limiting option.

Marcin


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Re: downloads too fast, hogging whole modem line

2002-07-09 Thread Marcin Sochacki

On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 03:34:11AM -0400, Blu wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 11:58:24AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> > 
> > My downloads are too fast, hogging the whole modem line.  Is there any
> > way to slow them down so I can read web pages at the same time?

You could also use pavuk (a clone of wget) for downloads, which has
a bandwidth limiting option.

Marcin


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Re: downloads too fast, hogging whole modem line

2002-07-09 Thread Blu
On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 11:58:24AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> 
> My downloads are too fast, hogging the whole modem line.  Is there any
> way to slow them down so I can read web pages at the same time?

You should read the Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO at 
http://lartc.org/

Blu.


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Re: downloads too fast, hogging whole modem line

2002-07-09 Thread Blu

On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 11:58:24AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> 
> My downloads are too fast, hogging the whole modem line.  Is there any
> way to slow them down so I can read web pages at the same time?

You should read the Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO at 
http://lartc.org/

Blu.


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