[opensuse] Bandwidth usage and capping per application
Hello All, I recently loaded the NetSpeed applett and I think its very neat. Kudos to the devs behind it. However, it raised a couple of questions in my head. Is there a way to limit the bandwidth uses by a specific application at the OS level? For example, if I want to download an ISO i don't want to use up all my bandwidth, how about if i allocate it 50%? I know Azuerus allows things like this, but does anyone know of anything else? Also, is there anything keeps track of how much you have downloaded and uploaded over a specific amount of time? I see netspeed can do that, but it does not seem like it can show current usage and total usage at the same time. Thanks -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Hello All,
I recently loaded the NetSpeed applett and I think its very neat. Kudos to the devs behind it. However, it raised a couple of questions in my head.
Is there a way to limit the bandwidth uses by a specific application at the OS level? For example, if I want to download an ISO i don't want to use up all my bandwidth, how about if i allocate it 50%? I know Azuerus allows things like this, but does anyone know of anything else?
Good old wget has the limit-rate option that approximates this. -- Geir A. Myrestrand -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Hello Geir,
Thanks for the tip, but my question is a little more specific, for
example... lets say when I launch firefox, i can specify how much
bandwidth or what percentage of my total bandwidth it can use. For
example. This way firefox does not have to "know" per se what is
going on. This would allow for certain apps like Evolution or Skype
to be more important and raised instead of firefox causing skype
disruptions. To some this may seem ridiculous, but when you have a
512k line it makes all the difference in the world :)
On 4/26/07, Geir A. Myrestrand
Abstract wrote:
Hello All,
I recently loaded the NetSpeed applett and I think its very neat. Kudos to the devs behind it. However, it raised a couple of questions in my head.
Is there a way to limit the bandwidth uses by a specific application at the OS level? For example, if I want to download an ISO i don't want to use up all my bandwidth, how about if i allocate it 50%? I know Azuerus allows things like this, but does anyone know of anything else?
Good old wget has the limit-rate option that approximates this.
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Geir A. Myrestrand -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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