[gentoo-user] connrate replacement

2005-02-28 Thread Alexander Kirillov
Hi all, AFAIK iptables connrate extension isn't available with 2.6.10 kernels. Could you please suggest something I could use to limit transfer rates to/from selected ports. Need to simulate dial-up connections locally. Thanks in advance, Sasha -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] connrate replacement

2005-02-28 Thread Hans-Werner Hilse
Hello, On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 12:31:12 +0300 Alexander Kirillov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Could you please suggest > something I could use to limit transfer rates > to/from selected ports. > Need to simulate dial-up connections locally. You can - use trickle, which is a userspace solution using

Re: [gentoo-user] connrate replacement

2005-02-28 Thread Alexander Kirillov
Could you please suggest something I could use to limit transfer rates to/from selected ports. Need to simulate dial-up connections locally. You can - use trickle, which is a userspace solution using preloading for glibc's networking functions (does work on a per-application base similar to "nice"

Re: [gentoo-user] connrate replacement

2005-02-28 Thread Hans-Werner Hilse
Hi Alexander, On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 19:51:39 +0300 Alexander Kirillov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [quotes re-sorted] > > - use netfilter to route relevant connections through a shaper > > device (which is a - AFAIK - experimental kernel feature, > This netfilter approach you've mentioned. Is it somet

Re: [gentoo-user] connrate replacement

2005-03-01 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 19:51 +0300, Alexander Kirillov wrote: > >>Could you please suggest > >>something I could use to limit transfer rates > >>to/from selected ports. > >>Need to simulate dial-up connections locally. > > > > You can > > - use trickle, which is a userspace solution using preloadin

Re: [gentoo-user] connrate replacement

2005-03-01 Thread Alexander Kirillov
- use "tc" and the QoS-Kernel-Features. I don't mind recompiling the kernel and would rather use a generic tool useful for system administration later down the road. Looks like tc is the way to go. It gives you a lot of options. It's in the iproute2-package. It has a little high learning curve, bu