Limiting my own network throughput

[Peter Garrett]

On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 10:04:07 +0200
Alan McKinnon <alan at linuxholdings.co.za> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Here at work we have a fairly fat network pipe, shared amongst 100+
> people. The local BOFH would prefer it if I didn't max out the pipe with
> daily updates :-) He's a friend and doesn't want micro-manage the
> network so he trusts me to do the right thing  .
> 
> I can live with updates coming through at 2kB/sec or thereabouts and
> mail/web coming through at full speed. What would be the easiest way to
> implement this kind of network throttling where it's still under my
> control?

I haven't tried this, but it looks as if it might be useful:

$ apt-cache search bandwidth shaping
( a few results among which... )

$ apt-cache show iprelay

[various snips]

Description: User-space bandwidth shaping TCP proxy daemon
 iprelay can shape the TCP traffic forwarded through it to a specified
 bandwidth and allow this bandwidth to be changed on-the-fly. 
--

Here's what the author would like you to know: ip_relay sprang from
 the fact that I use a modem for home Internet connectivity, and once
 a large download has started, other Internet activities: telnet,
 surfing, VOIP, are largely useless. With ip_relay, you can suddenly
 decide to shape your downloads to 50% of your available bandwidth,
 and make use of the more interactive applications.

HTH , and all those conventional sentiments :)

Peter