Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: Bandwidth limits?? | Date | Sat, 19 Oct 1996 00:46:18 +0100 (BST) |
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> Is there a way to limit the bandwidth of one program? I have a 28.8k > PPP connection; it would be nice to be able to limit an FTP connection > to 75% or less of the bandwidth so that interactive performance > (remote email & netnews browsing) could stay high... > > Something equivalent to the "nice" command would be nice :-) > Like: bwnice [-p maximum percent of bandwidth] [command [args...]]
Thats hard to do as you need to limit it at the source end of your PPP link, not your own personal machine
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