On Wed, 12 May 2004 17:56:17 +0200 Nicos Gollan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 12 May 2004 02:52:33 +1000 > Lex Hider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Now if I'm web-browsing and reading a page already loaded > > all the bandwidth goes to wget/apt-get. > > But when I am loading a web-site or checking my mail then > > the priority for the bandwidth goes to the browser like > > in the cpu-nice example. > > > > ======= > > Does an application that achieves the above exist currently? > > If not; is it possible or even a good idea? > > The way packet handling works in Linux makes it hard if not impossible > to determine what specific application created a packet. You can Netfilter comes with a module that allows packets to be matched on uid, command, pid. Check out the 'match extensions' section in 'man iptables'. This could be used in combination with the mark extension and some traffic shape rules to limit the bandwidth for a specific process. I'm using this myself to limit the bandwidth for p2p applications that don't allow you to set a limit. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
