How do I limit the network usage of a single application

[Ow Mun Heng]

On Mon, 2004-06-14 at 10:12, Brian Anderson wrote:
> Cool,  that helps with rsync.  I guess I should modify my question to 
> say can I limit bandwidth usage of a general application?

this is how i do it using tc (it's integrated with shorewall firewall but you can just as well create ur own rules from it)


http://my-opensource.org/howto/qostrafficshaping-shorewall-wondershaper-howto.html