ALTQ and bandwidth limiting

Jeremy Chadwick koitsu at FreeBSD.org
Thu May 22 04:29:37 UTC 2008


On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 09:02:59PM -0400, Ansar Mohammed wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> Is there a way using PF and ALTQ that I can set a policy to restrict a
> particular host to a maximum network speed?
> 
> I would like to simulate low speed connection using pf.

I believe ipfw dummynet has the capability you're looking for.  See the
ipfw manpage, section "TRAFFIC SHAPER".

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