Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 02:15:57 GMT From: steven@shellnet.co.uk (Steven Fletcher) To: danielj@wizard.com Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ipltd, anyone? Message-ID: <3622b39e.2176307@smtp.shellnet.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199810122157.OAA23973@snark.wizard.com> References: <199810122157.OAA23973@snark.wizard.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Mon, 12 Oct 1998 14:58:00 -800, you wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >I am looking for any real-world experiences with the ipltd daemon >by Cyril A. Vechera. I can simply say I've used it and been impressed with the results. We have had a few servers running bandwidth limited to 512Kbits - And guess what - A lovely straight 512K line on the graph on our MRTG :). > This daemon theoretically functions like the >Packeteer box, in that it will allow traffic to be limited over ethernet. It's not just limitation over ethernet, you can limit via IP source/destination address, port, protocol, network card, etc etc... as much configuration as IPFW allows you to give. >Does it function well? At all? There are other systems; DUMMYNET in particular, that from what I can make out is an integral part of the kernel - the fact that using dummynet you don't rely on a process to stay alive - However i've held back as applying "third-party" patches to ipfw doesn't appeal to me, especially since they didn't apply correctly when I tried :) For us, a combination of NATD, IPLTD and IPFW have worked perfectly without crash for over a month now since we started using it on an Intel p166 CPU, limiting 3 servers to 512k, providing an IP proxy to our offices, and also providing port translation, address translation *and* b/w limitation for our Quake servers - sometimes running at 700Kb/s for many hours on end. Is there any particular point you needed advice on or just wondering whether it worked at all ? :) >Thank you for any input. I Hope this helps >Daniel Jacobs Steven Fletcher steven@shellnet.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?3622b39e.2176307>