Re: [tlug] How to throttle the network speed

[Jim <jep200404@example.com>]

Peter Van der Weeen wrote:

> I'd like to test out our new website over a slow(er) connection.
> Does anyone know if/how I can throttle the download speed from our
> webserver?

The high-brow solution is tc (traffic control) used in conjuction 
with iptables/netfilter. The way that iptables/netfilter is used 
together with tc, allows very fine control and is elegant. 

   http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Traffic-Control-HOWTO/index.html

Doug Hass gave a great presentation about it last year 
at Ohio Linux Festival. 

   http://www.part-15.org/people/bio/dhass.html