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Date:      Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:57:34 +0200
From:      Frederique Rijsdijk <frederique@isafeelin.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Bandwidth Control in FreeBSD 8
Message-ID:  <4AAF2CCE.2090609@isafeelin.org>
In-Reply-To: <11043b700909141724i4c8f4a5fm57efb383d5845d84@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <11043b700909141724i4c8f4a5fm57efb383d5845d84@mail.gmail.com>

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On 9/15/2009 2:24 AM, perl info wrote:
> I have two questions in regards to a FreeBSD Server and avoiding ISP
> bandwidth charges.
>
> Are there changes to the ways bandwidth can be controlled in FreeBSD 8.
>
> Is there an accepted or standardized method to control and limit bandwidth
> usage over an interface.
>

Changes I don't know about.

But you can use IPFW to limit and measure the bandwidth you're using. 
You can also use darkstat (port) to measure the traffic you're generating.


-- Frederique



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