IP address based Bandwidth Control

Hi,

I have a network of windows xp, 98 machines connected to a proxy
server running ubuntu. I wish to restrict the bandwidth of each of my
users based on their ip.

Is there any free software that will allow me to make such a rule:

limit all traffic for 192.168.0.13 to 4 kbps

I have looked into tc, cbq, htb etc... but they are way over my head.
I don't want to patch kernels and things like that.

Is there something simple to install that has easy to understand/write
rules such as above?


Thanks

ali wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a network of windows xp, 98 machines connected to a proxy
> server running ubuntu. I wish to restrict the bandwidth of each of my
> users based on their ip.
>
> Is there any free software that will allow me to make such a rule:
>
> limit all traffic for 192.168.0.13 to 4 kbps
>
> I have looked into tc, cbq, htb etc... but they are way over my head.
> I don't want to patch kernels and things like that.
>
> Is there something simple to install that has easy to understand/write
> rules such as above?
>
>
> Thanks

No kernel patching needed - tc and friends will do it, possibly in
conjunction with iptables to mark "interesting" packets.

However, they are weird to use, so I cannot give you an example. Suggest you
try google for "linux bandwidth throttling" or variations.

Cheers

Tim

Hello Ali,

SafeSquid - Content Filtering Internet Proxy, is what you are looking
for.
It allows you to restrict bandwidth to an IP, a group of IPs or IP
range.
You can also do it based on username, if you have user authentication
in place.
That way, no matter what IP a user surfs from, he always gets the
alloted bandwidth.
You can also restrict bandwidth depending on the website the users
visit.
For example, if users visit a business related website - no bandwidth
restriction,
but if they access non-business related site like personal mail -
restrict bandwidth to 4kbps.
SafeSquid has a browser based GUI Interface, and is very easy to
manage.
Unfortunately, this option (Limits) is not available in the Free
Edition.
But you can download the trial version to try this out from -

http://downloads.safesquid.net/trial/linux/4.1.0.1/

Register on the SafeSquid Forum at http://www.safesquid.com/forum/
to access the downloads area.

Regards

On Jun 8, 11:52 am, sachinpuro...@gmail.com wrote:
> Unfortunately, this option (Limits) is not available in the Free
> Edition.

Good news!!!
SafeSquid has recently launched a new series of products - 'Composite
Version'.
The standard version has no user limits, but limit on features in
different editions.
The low-cost Composite Version comes with all features, but with a
limit on the number of threads.
It comes in 4 editions, i.e. -
Composite-20 - recommended for a 20 user network
Composite-50 - recommended for a 50 user network
Composite-100 - recommended for a 100 user network
Composite-200 - recommended for a 200 user network

The good news is that the Composite-20 is a free edition, with all
features, and no time limit.
So now you can happily use the 'Limits' feature for bandwidth control.

Cheers!