I found no capabilities in Apache to limit file transfers to X bytes per
second. I'm now working on setting up proftpd to accept an anonymous
connection since it has this capabilities. I have to patch/rec-compile
it first do to a bug in the byte transfer limit.
Scott
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To: Scott Tyson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: Bandwdith throttle in Apache?
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> ......did you not know your bandwidth would run out ? (he he)
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> Seriously, was going to ask you what you found out on throttling ?
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> Internet Bandwidth is what I want to throttle. I want to specify that
> file X can't be retrieved any faster than say 12.5 kbs for example.
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> can do this in proftpd but that means messing with an anonymous site.
> I'd prefer to do it in Apache if I could.
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> Scott
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Vidiot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 3:02 PM
> Subject: Re: Bandwdith throttle in Apache?
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> > >Can I limit download bandwidth speed in apache? I'm hosting a file
> > >download that is linked via an HTTP and I would like to keep people
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> > >sucking my server dry. I can move to an anonymous FTP but I'd
rather
> > >not enable that if I don't have to.
> > >Scott
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> > You'll run out of internet bandwidth before you run out of ser CPU
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> > I'm running my server on a MVL DSL line and it runs out of bandwidth
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> > before my CPU even begins to choke. I don't even feel the affect of
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> > busy web site.
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