Questions tagged [bandwidth-control]
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Limiting bandwidth of workstations in MS Forefront TMG
We have configured Microsoft forefront TMG 2010 Enterprise as the cache server which provides internet access for all computers in our department.
Is there any way to limit download speed per host/user by configuring forefront TMG?
I have found a…

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What is mumbles average monthly bandwidth usage?
I am wondering how much bandwidth does a Mumble server use in the span on a month. I have a dedicated Linux server with 10,000GB bandwidth/month.
In their FAQ they have this formula and information.
Worst case scenario: Number of users × Number of…

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QoS - split bandwidth across all IPs during high load
We have a Linux-based router which is currently working fairly well, but our network only has a 1.5 mbps incoming connection. The network is small, but during high load periods some systems can end up dominating the bandwidth. For example, a client…

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bridge traffic limiting via tc
I have a Linux machine running as a bridge simulating various network conditions. I use tc for this. Introducing delays or packet loss is quite simple but I got into trouble trying to configure bandwidth limiting.
Can you, please, show me how to…

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Bandwidth control with TC for clients yet to be connected
I have applied bandwidth control using TC and iptables using this tutorial on my Strongswan VPN server.
The bandwidth control works fine ONLY if that specific client is already connected.
For example: In my Strongswan VPN server, i am trying to…

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Total Bandwidth Usage tracking in VMWare
In VMWare vSphere, how can I set and track the monthly bandwidth usage of each guest? I need to reduce the network speed when bandwidth usage exceeds 90% or so.
What are my options?

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Minimum bandwidth limit on Linux systems
I need to limit the minimum bandwith from an IP to specific services/ports, by dropping all the packets that will not satisfy that minimum rate.
I saw the attribute rate in the HTB class of the Linux tc traffic shaping tool should do this; is it the…

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Wondershaper does not work
I am using wondershaper to limit download upload speed. What it does is, it limits download but then it blocks upload. I have an 1 gbit connection and
I want to limit it's download speed to 500 mbps and upload speed to 500 mbps.
The command I'm…

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HTB equal bandwith sharing per ip in one class
In my tc configuration (shown below) in one class all bandwidth is shared among connections equally, but I want to share bandwidth among all IP addresses equally.
Now:
192.168.0.2 - 38KB/s
192.168.0.2 - 38KB/s
192.168.0.2 - 37KB/s
192.168.0.3 -…

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Mikrotik queues and limiting total upstream bandwidth
With a Mikrotik router (form of embedded Linux) I have created simple queues per machine matched by source IP address.
Each of the 4 machine queues has an unlimited burst 3Mbps/3Mbps for Tx/Rx.
During speedtest.net on all 4 machines at the same…

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Does 404 errors eat the server bandwidth?
I am facing a strange issue where one of our servers (used for internal purpose) hosted by Rackspace uses huge amount of bandwidth (but our actual users are using the server rarely).
FYI, the said server was compromised once, serving landing pages…

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Is OpenVPN right for this? If not, what is?
I have a server sitting in a data center. It's running Linux. WAN interface on eth0 connected to the public Internet; LAN interface on eth1 connected to the data center's network on 10.0.0.0.
The machine is running a group of services on ports n,…

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Monitor traffic by source/destination IP address
I need to monitor traffic coming in and out of my server. Knowing the total in/out bandwidth is good, but ideally I would like to know how much traffic was sent to what address (we are talking about static IP addresses).
Is there a tool that would…

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How can I provision/control bandwidth allocated to devices on the LAN?
We're going to have an ISP turn up a 100 mbit circuit at our office building (multiple floors, multiple offices). We need to control how much bandwidth is allocated to/used devices on the LAN. For example office 01 is connected to switchport 01 and…

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Low bandwidth when accessing websites outside my country
I am using a broadband internet connection from an ISP named Reliance in India. I wanted share you with a weird behavior of my internet connection.
I have a 2Mbps connection and I get around same bandwidth anywhere inside India, checked with…

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