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Could I limit upload bandwidth for outgoing messages from exim4?

Hello serverfault community, Does anybody used an iptables rule or know an exim4 configuration setting to limit upload bandwidth?? All the ways I've found through google was with proxies which I don'...
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Xen limit incoming traffic speed

I've tried using 'rate' to limit the traffic speed of a VM inside the config file but that only limits the outgoing traffic speed of traffic from the VM. I want to limit the speed traffic can flow ...
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Automatically throttle network bandwidth for users causing bulk traffic

Is anybody aware of a FreeBSD, Linux, or Windows based product that can automatically lower the priority of network packets of users that have caused a high amount of network traffic during the last ...
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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 ...
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Limit simultaneous connections per IP with Apache2

I am hosting a public heavy CPU web service, and I would like to configure Apache2 to only allow 1 simultaneous connection per IP address to the location at hand, to prevent single clients from using ...
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Windows VPN Server software that supports bandwidth caps

I am looking for a VPN server like OpenVPN that supports bandwidth caps for users. I posted an original question which in which I asked for a VPN server that supported bandwidth throttling - which is ...
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use of nmap clogged my network

I was using nmap to scan the mac addresses of my network.What I found was internet connections and rest of network services badly clogged the users were not able to connect to internet.After messing ...
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Port based bandwidth shaping

I have an interent connection with the speed of 4000k bits up and down. I want to do port based traffic shaping on a ubuntu machine, which acts as router. eth0 is the WAN interface. This is how I ...
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Easy-to-use bandwidth throttler for Ubuntu

I have a Minecraft server and a file server that I host on the same box. I want to set it up so that if someone is playing Minecraft and I'm pushing or pulling files, that neither application hogs ...
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Monitor bandwidth per-process

This has been driving me nuts but my server has been using a highly excessive amount of bandwidth for the last two months, and I can't figure out how/why/where. This month, for example, it's used 210 ...
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Windows Server - Dual NIC Bandwidth Pooling

I have a Windows Server 2008 machine with dual NICs. Both are plugged into the same switch in a typical one-switch, one-gateway home network. This server is used almost exclusively for inbound ...
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HTB.init / tc behind NAT

I have an Ubuntu 10 box that I'm trying to set up as a bandwidth-shaping router. The machine has one WAN interface, eth0 and two LAN interfaces, eth1 and eth2. NAT is configured using MASQUERADE as ...
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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/...
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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. ...
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First web server questions [closed]

Just looking for some help/suggestions with this. I require my own server for an upcoming project that will be hosting users websites. I want to build a control panel the user can log into and modify ...
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Limiting network throughput of an already launched process ? (Linux/FreeBSD)

Is there any utility to limit the network throughput of a process after it has been launched? Simple example: you note that a user takes all your upload bandwidth using scp and you'd like to limit the ...
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Squid Proxy Server: limit total bandwidth

We have a marvellous squid proxy with dansguardian for filetering and they both work just great. Is there any easy way to limit the total bandwidth usage? I'd like to set the max amount of squid users ...
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Is it possible to have bandwidth or transfer caps with Linux on Rackspace Cloud?

I just set up a virtual Ubuntu 10.04 server with Rackspace Cloud. Is it possible to set a limit on the amount of data transferred within a given length of time? Ideally I would get an email notice ...
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SFTP/FTP Server which throttles bandwidth speed based on number of connected users?

Here is a dynamic rule I'd like to configure on a SFTP/FTP server: If only 1 user is connected, set download bandwidth cap to 200 KB/Sec If 4 users are connected, set download bandwidth cap to 50 KB/...
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Limit access to web site when bandwidth reaches limit

I have a video website running on a VPS under Apache2 that will soon start doing pay per view. Until it starts generating decent revenue, I don't want to invest in more servers, so to start with I ...
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Apache bandwidth throttling per client, by subnet

We're interested in restricting the number of requests per second and/or available bandwidth to HTTP clients, to stop accidental DoS. We provide free scientific data and web services, and sadly some ...
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Can bandwidth on a switch be limited for outbound traffic but not for local?

We want to restrict traffic through a switch to 90% of our total inbound bandwidth in order to reserve the other 10% for another switch running a different internal network. Can this be done without ...
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Limit Windows XP machine's bandwidth between 9AM - 11PM

Hay, i need to find a software solution to a problem. I want to be able to limit a Windows XP machine's bandwidth on all ports between 10AM - 11PM. I have access to the machine in question, i need ...
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Squid delay pools and multiple ACLs evaluation

I am testing squid 3.0 on a ubuntu amd64 box. I am facing a problem with the delay pool classes when I set the delay_access parameters with multiple ACLs. Have been going through the squid wiki and ...
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2 interface, 2 ISP - Application Binding?

I have 2 interfaces - Wlan0 and Eth0, and both of them have separate internet lines - X & Y ISP. I want some applications to use WLAN and some to use ETH to send/receive traffic. Where can I bind ...
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Throttle bandwidth via iptables

I have a need to throttle the bandwidth usage, similar to how some ISPs do it, so that after a couple of seconds, it throttles down the speed.
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Load balancing and virtual host

I am using Apache2 . Serving image and code on the same server. I want to make image serving on different virtual host like "img.domain.com" and code on main host "domain.com" . And question is if i ...
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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 ...
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Measure Total Bandwidth for Billing

I am setting up a new network which customers will host their applications on. It needs to be able to scale out to a few hundred servers and each server will have several VMs on it. Right now in my ...
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Bandwidth Limit for IIS FTP 7.0(or 7.5)

FTP Server 7 doesn't support to set bandwidth limit on upload or download. Is there any way to limit bandwidth of both upload or download? Is there any extension or plugin to have this feature. I don'...
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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 ...
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How To Limit User Quota Bandwidth to 10Gb/day

I have been trying to figure this out: I am creating a filehosting site with PHP and I would like to know how to limit user to 10Gb of bandwidth per day, so that they can download - just like ...
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Wireless AAA for a small, bandwidth-limited hotel

We (the tech I work with and myself) live in a remote northern town where Internet access is somewhat of a luxury, and bandwidth is quite limited. Here, overage charges ranging from few hundreds, to ...
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managing a high traffic media sharing website

i'm in the process of developing a website that i predict will generate a lot of traffic. the site will be similar to many other sites offering free media streaming: mp3's. we are going to start with ...
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Controlling bandwidth on a Windows 2003 VPS server

We were dinged recently by our ISP when our server briefly saturated their line. Apparently they don't like bursty traffic. Who knew? Like many low cost hosts, they specify limits in terms of total ...
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