On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 19:54:42 +0000, nunya wrote:

>> My son accesses the network via my IP-masquerading Linux box. He
>> uses something called e-mule which results in continuous heavy
>> loading of our cable connection to the internet. How, apart from
>> cutting him off completely, can I throttle his access so I can get
>> some packets in or out?

> If the traffic you wish to limit is through one NIC, simply use something
> such as:

> tc qdisc add dev eth# root tbf rate 207Kbit buffer 5Kb/8 limit 10Kb

I'm glad it's so simple :+) (Why isn't there a man page for tc?)

Would it be possible not to limit the bandwidth at all times but to give
non-forwarded packets higher priority, a kind of "nice" for networking?

Bob T.