Can I nice various network jobs [eg, web-browsing, apt-get update, mail-get] like I would a CPU process.
Here's the deal.
Using nice on my linux box is great. eg. nice make-kpkg --revision=x kernel_image
While compiling my kernel I still get priority to other things that I'm doing [mozilla, ooffice, etc] but if I'm not doing anything all my cpu cycles go to the compile. [I'm sure most people know what nice is but I want to make sure my point is clear.]
I'd like to do the same thing with respect to bandwidth. eg. netnice wget http://foo.com/dirty_big_download netnice apt-get dist-upgrade
Now if I'm web-browsing and reading a page already loaded all the bandwidth goes to wget/apt-get. But when I am loading a web-site or checking my mail then the priority for the bandwidth goes to the browser like in the cpu-nice example.
======= Does an application that achieves the above exist currently? If not; is it possible or even a good idea?
Thankyou,
Lex.
PS - I'd appreciate a CC because I'm not on user list but I will check the web archives regardless.
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