--bwlimit how to

Nicholas Lee nj.lee@plumtree.co.nz
Sun, 8 Sep 2002 10:24:35 +1200


On Sat, Sep 07, 2002 at 02:12:48PM -0500, trevor@tecnopolis.ca wrote:
> 
> A friend suggested to me that perhaps one could use linux's network
> layer rate limiting / quality of service capabilities instead.  I've
> never played with those facilities and since cstream (for now) will fit
> the bill adequately, I don't think I'll investigate it further at this
> time.

The only problem with this is how to differentiate be one ssh stream and
another. 

Your comments and experiments might be worth posting to the openssh
list, someone might decide its worth adding a bwlimit to ssh. Which in
the end is the best solution.

Nicholas