[techtalk] Download throttling?

[jenn at simegen.com]

Mary Gardiner wrote:

> Well we have a 56K. I actually consider this fairly good since my previous
> experience with modems and the net was in regional Austrlia sharing a 28.8
> with the rest of the school... :)

I'm in urban Australia. :) Melbourne, actually.


> > Apparently in Linux 2.2 or later, 'quality of service and fair
> > scheduling', under network options. All the facilities are
> > implemented by that. The IProute package is used to configure it.
> > And, to quote him, 'Good luck figuring out how'.
> 
> Oops. My flatmates regarded this as a challenge...

Good! Get them to document their results? Please? :)


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