How to limit bandwidth to simulate a slow link connection?

For testing purpose, I need to simulate a 40Mbps link connection between a
Windows Server 2003 and a bunch of Windows XP Clients.
I need to verify how some applications that relies on Windows File Sharing
(SMB directly hosted in TCP/IP) work in that restricted condition.
The basic idea is to limit the server bandwidth to 40Mbps, is there a
way/tool to simply achieve this?

Thanks in advance.
Gabriele

"Gabriel/TFI" wrote:

> For testing purpose, I need to simulate a 40Mbps link connection between a
> Windows Server 2003 and a bunch of Windows XP Clients.
> I need to verify how some applications that relies on Windows File Sharing
> (SMB directly hosted in TCP/IP) work in that restricted condition.
> The basic idea is to limit the server bandwidth to 40Mbps, is there a
> way/tool to simply achieve this?

Disclaimer: I have NEVER TRIED this product, but I've seen it before and it
might be what you are looking for:

http://www.bandwidthcontroller.com/

"Gabriel/TFI" wrote:

> For testing purpose, I need to simulate a 40Mbps link connection between a
> Windows Server 2003 and a bunch of Windows XP Clients.
> I need to verify how some applications that relies on Windows File Sharing
> (SMB directly hosted in TCP/IP) work in that restricted condition.
> The basic idea is to limit the server bandwidth to 40Mbps, is there a
> way/tool to simply achieve this?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Gabriele

Sorry for the double post guys.

I'm not sure if it would suit your purposes but VMWARE Workstation can
simulate custome network speeds across lan segments.