Help for Bandwidth allotment

[ABrady]

On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:52:57 +0000
KSHITIZ SAXENA <hikshitizsaxena at rediffmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Hi!
> I am head of computer science department in a private engineering 
> college in Meerut,INDIA offering B-Tech courses. We have internet 
> connection through VSAT. As of date the internet connection is 
> available to all and the result :  though we have a 256 KBps 
> dedicated connection yet the speed does down considerably as users 
> start downloading or opening multiple pages! I want to allocate 
> bandwidth to all users, deny services, and monitor bandwidth 
> consumed by each user. Is there a way to get this done in LINUX 
> RedHat 9 ?
>   If yes then please HELP!!
> 
> Kshitiz Saxena

This might or might not do what you need, but it can help you control
it, it claims:

http://www.bandwidtharbitrator.com/

I've never used it, but I've seen it on Freshmeat several times.

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