Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 14:18:25 +0100 From: Jez Hancock <jez.hancock@munk.nu> To: Chris McGee <chris@xecu.net> Cc: FreeBSD Security List <security@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: IPFW Bandwidth throttling? Message-ID: <20030507131825.GE59479@users.munk.nu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0305070900170.96202-100000@thunder.xecu.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0305070900170.96202-100000@thunder.xecu.net>
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On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 09:03:55AM -0400, Chris McGee wrote: > > I am trying to limit outgoing SMTP traffic to about 14 Mbps and these are > the IPFW rules I am using. > > ${fwcmd} add pipe 1 tcp from 192.168.0.0/24 to any 25 out via dc0 > ${fwcmd} pipe 1 config bw 14Mbit/s > > I've tried multiple tweaks to the pipe rule and I seem to be missing > something. I only get about half the bandwidth I specify. Is this normal > behavior? Is there something wrong with the rule I'm running? Are you sure you mean Mbit/s and not MByte/s?
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