Line limitations with dummynet

[Alex Dupre]

Devon H. O'Dell wrote:

> First of all -- my understanding of dummynet is that it works on a 
> per-connection basis. For instance, if I limit a host to 30KB/s in an 
> attempt to get the host to not exceed 300KB/s total transfer, and 11 
> people start transferring, my plain is foiled.

Uh? Look at ipfw(4), section "TRAFFIC SHAPER (DUMMYNET) CONFIGURATION".
You can limit the total bandwidth using a pipe.

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Alex Dupre