Chris Boyd wrote:
>I'm wanting to set up a dedicated PC to firewall an
>ADSL connection as well as monitor/manage the
>bandwidth for about 10 PC's on the LAN.
>I've played around with ipchains/iptables a bit but
>never actually set up the firewall itself.
>I've checked out smootwall express and I'm not sure it
>can do everything I need (like limit bandwidth, give
>stats on usage for each IP...etc...etc) and we can't
>afford Smoothwall Limited (R10,000 from SA
>reseller!!!!!).
>Are there add ons to smoothwall (ummm free open
>source) that can do bandwidth management or just tools
>that can do the same with a homegrown linux firewall.
>Hopefully that's clear enough to understand.
>>
Google is your friend.
http://www.google.com/search?q=linux+traffic+shaping
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