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May 2006

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Re: [Wlug] Bandwidth sharing problem

by Beaty McCloud

Since my home upload speed is relatively slower, I use a modified ipshaper script to prioritize the outgoing traffic (web, ssh, udp...). This is done with the tc command and runs on a linux firewall, but also depends on iptables to classify the traffic. You could do the same for downloading, it just drops incoming packets when rate ceilings are reached for that classification, forcing the sender to throttle down. Of course this runs on a linux box tho. Have you considered replacing the linksys? This would allow you to split the bandwidth, and when one host needed more, would "borrow" it from the other if it wasn't using it. If the other host was/is, then too bad, it is stuck at that rate. More info is here: #!/bin/sh # # ipshaper - DSL/Cable modem outbound traffic shaper and prioritizer. # Based on the ADSL/Cable wondershaper (www.lartc.org) # -Beaty On 4/27/06, Andre Lehovich <andrel(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > --- Gregory Avedissian <gma2006(a)verizon.net> wrote: > > Is there an easy way to limit download speed on one or both boxes to make > > them share nicely? I looked through the manual for the router, and I don't > > see a way to do it there. If there's not an easy way to do it, I'd still > > like to hear the difficult way to do it. > > The buzzword to read up on is "traffic shaping". Assymetry is going to be a > problem -- while you have a lot of control over what you transmit, you don't > have so much control over what the other end transmits, but that's what you > really want to throttle. > > --Andre > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

May 2, 2006

27" Monitor for sale

by James Gray

A coworker of mine is selling a 27" monitor that he is no longer using. Contact me if you are interested and I'll get you his email. Here is his ad: Gateway Destination 27" Monitor - I'm selling a black Gateway Destination 27" monitor. Some of you may have seen the ads Dell has now for the XPS plasma screens, this is a similar concept that Gateway had years ago. This monitor retailed for $400. This monitor's maximum resolution is 800X600 at 65 hertz. It has a VGA cable input and RCA audio inputs for the mounted speakers on the sides. There are two modes, "PC" and "TV" that allow you to adjust the color settings seperately when you're watching television as opposed to using it with your PC. This monitor worked perfectly for me as my television. I used a computer as the center of my multimedia system with a TV tuner card and I was not disappointed with the monitor at all. The monitor takes a standard PC power cord, and I will include one with the monitor. I can also include a 30 foot VGA cable $25 more. If you are running this monitor from a computer with a DVD player, you will be astonished at the quality difference because this monitor operates at 800X600 resolution instead of a standard TV resolution of 484X280. That's about *twice* the clarity! The cheapest 27" TV at Best Buy is $197. This is twice the TV for less than twice the price! Price: $225 - negotiable

May 2, 2006