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From: Jez Hancock <jez.hancock@munk.nu>
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Subject: Re: IPFW Bandwidth throttling?
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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?