upload limit

[JohanLingen]

Hi there!

Using Kubuntu 7.04. I would like to limit my upload to 10 kb/s.

For this I tried shapecfg and trickle, but I can't get it working.

shapecfg attach shaper0 eth0

gave me an error "shaper: no such device"

I got further with trickle, but it didn't work (upload still exceeds 10 kb). I tried:

trickled -u 10 (should set global limit)

and

trickle -u 10 unison (should set limit for application; unison is a file synchronization tool)

Does anyone know how to get the upload limit working?

[Rog131]

Re: upload limit

Have you tried wondershaper ?

wondershaper

An easy to use traffic shaping script that provides these improvements:

* Low latency for interactive traffic (and pings) at all times
* Allow websurfing at reasonable speeds while uploading / downloading
* Make sure uploads don't hurt downloads
* Make sure downloads don't hurt uploads

It does this by:

* Limiting upload speed slightly, to eliminate queues
* Limiting download speed, while allowing bursts, to eliminate queues
* Interactive traffic skips the queue
* ACKs and tiny packets skip the queue

Configuring the wondershaper requires you to accurately and precisely determine your consistent upload and download speeds.

The wondershaper is the simplest, easiest to use, entry level, traffic shaping script provided by Debian.

HOWTO improving your internet connection using wondershaper
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=25911

[JohanLingen]

Re: upload limit

ok, thanx! I looked at it, but I thought it was solely a tool to optimize a connection. Happily it does so by restricting upload and download speeds, so it also works for me :-)

For anyone reading: speeds should be entered in kiloBITS per second!