From owner-freebsd-net Sun Nov 11 16:43:56 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [216.33.66.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C438437B41B for ; Sun, 11 Nov 2001 16:43:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1098) id 8EE3C81D05; Sun, 11 Nov 2001 18:43:44 -0600 (CST) Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 18:43:44 -0600 From: Bill Fumerola To: Wincent Colaiuta Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Limiting bandwidth abuse to/from internet Message-ID: <20011111184344.A51024@elvis.mu.org> Reply-To: Bill Fumerola References: <8E809F08-D648-11D5-B151-003065C60B4C@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <8E809F08-D648-11D5-B151-003065C60B4C@mac.com>; from wincentcolaiuta@mac.com on Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 12:35:19PM +1030 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.4-FEARSOME-20010909 i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 12:35:19PM +1030, Wincent Colaiuta wrote: > The problem with these rules is that they cap that user's abuse of the > net connection, but they ALSO slow down the speed with which that user > can access files shared locally to the LAN from the gateway machine. just make your ipfw pipe rules say what you really want: pipe 1 ip from not 192.168.0.0/24 to 192.168.0.2 pipe 2 ip from 192.168.0.2 to not 192.168.0.0/24 these types of posts are more appropriate for . -- - bill fumerola / fumerola@yahoo-inc.com / billf@FreeBSD.org / billf@mu.org - my anger management counselor can beat up your self-affirmation therapist To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message