This actually is almost possible with 2.1.x kernels, which have a special network device called the "traffic shaper", that slows down traffic going out over it:
Traffic Shaper (EXPERIMENTAL) CONFIG_SHAPER The traffic shaper is a virtual network device that allows you to limit the rate of outgoing data flow over another network device. See Documentation/networking/shaper.txt for more information. To set up and configure shaper devices, you need the shapecfg program, available via ftp (user: anonymous) from shadow.cabi.net/pub/Linux in the shaper package. This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). The module will be called shaper.o. If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt. If unsure, say N. So how this would work is you would have a special network interface that you could set up routes to. If you wanted all traffic from a certian ftp site to be slowed down, you would set up a route to that ftp site that goes through the traffic shaper. Only problem is, this only works for outgoing traffic, not incoming. -- see shy jo -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
