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SubjectRe: Bandwidth limits??
On Sat, 19 Oct 1996, Alan Cox wrote:

> >
> > 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
>

This could be done as part of PPP, you just need to define the bwcp/...,
get it added to a rfc, write a Linux implamentation and wait (could have
to wait some time before the other end get's it tho ;)

Bryn
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