[afnog] Open Source software to limit bandwidth

[nishal goburdhan]

Sergio Carrilho wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm looking for an Open Source software to limit  the bandwidth usage
> of a network, without using a router (QoS) to do so. The cenario it
> that now I have a router where I can limit this, but I want to remove
> the router and have complete control just using a Firewall/NAT box. I
> have a 512Kbps pipe but want that network to use 128 Kbps.
> 
> Does anyone know about any application that can accomplish this?


i haven't used it, but we have several clients that swear by openbsd's pf...

http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/

--n.