Hi Lothar You may also want to have a look at pfSense [1] running on a ALIX platform [2]. Should be fast and flexible enough for your needs.
[1] http://www.pfsense.org/ [2] http://www.pcengines.ch/alix.htm I think scaling is not your problem - 2 Mbps is not very scary. Regards, Reto > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Lothar Gramelspacher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Freitag, 29. Februar 2008 20:37 > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: [swinog] affordable queueing solution for a small network? > > > Hi swinog, > > in order to keep a small villages network in the blackforest > operational I am looking for some advice how to implement a working > queuing solution. > > Background: > -small village in a underdeveloped area concerning internet > connectivity (aka black-forest/ Germany) has no DSL or alike high > speed connectivity > -local IT company booked a 2mbit/s SDSL line and distributes the > bandwidth using WLAN > -of course, some of the users "abuse" the system by contious emule, > torrent and alike downloads > -latency for other for "normal" use is increased > > Therefore I look towards some advice to enable a fair bandwith > distribution. > -affordable (Open Source preferred) > -enables some kind of provisioning > -distributes bandwidth in a fair way > -can filter/ slow down p2p to a lower priority > > > I am aware of m0n0wall and have played with it in my home > environment, > but have no experience how it you scale > > I have some blog postings about that network at > http://blog.gramels.info/blog/plugin/tag/wiede> n+wlan > . > > > Any tips welcome. > > -L > -- > http://blog.gramels.info/blog > > > _______________________________________________ > swinog mailing list > swinog@lists.swinog.ch > http://lists.swinog.ch/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swinog > _______________________________________________ swinog mailing list swinog@lists.swinog.ch http://lists.swinog.ch/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swinog
