[aklug] Re: GCI, ond others, bandwith restrictions

From: Jeremy Austin <jhaustin@gmail.com>
Date: Fri Oct 22 2010 - 16:53:38 AKDT

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Jeremy Austin <jhaustin@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Jim Gribbin <jimgribbin@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I believe 'squid' is the usual tool in the Linux/Unix world. Same squid
>> as for proxying. The ones I am aware of that already have the pretty
>> much set up, or easily added on, are: IP-Cop, Smoothwall, & SME Server
>> (used to be eSmith).
>
> Squid can only bandwidth-limit traffic that is going through it, and
> it's fairly rudimentary.
>
>> IP-Cop and Smoothwall use an add-on for setting the quotas. SME Server
>> has it already in place and you just go to the control panel and set
>> your quotas.
>
> Here's another list:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_router_or_firewall_distributions
>
> I have messed around pfSense, untangle, clearOS, M0n0wall, and
> zeroshell, plus the usual embedded dd-wrt, tomato, etc.
>
> Distros I use in production include dd-wrt, clearOS, pfSense, and zeroshell.
>
> jermudgeon
>
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