[TriLUG] Throttling SFTP bandwidth

[Mark Freeze]

You might want to check the configuration file for your software
package. I remember when I worked for a company in Alabama and I had
the same problem in reverse.  I had internal clients that were
downloading files from the server and were being limited to about 50K.
 Actually slower internally than you could download via the internet. 
Finally I found the speed limiting statement on one of the packages
configuration files.  I erased it, restarted the service and was
operating at full speed.  I'm not sure what FTP package I was using,
but it was whatever secure ftp package Mandrake includes with their
distro.  I'll try making a call today to see what package it was and
what file we changed.

Regards,
Mark.



On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 10:26:12 -0500, Christopher L Merrill
<chris at webperformanceinc.com> wrote:
> When we upload a release (>150M) to our server, the machine from which
> the upload is initiated (RHEL clone) seems to hog all the bandwidth in
> the office and prevents other machines from accessing the internet.
> 
> Is there a relatively easy way to throttle the SFTP process to limit
> it's bandwidth consumption?  I know it's been discussed here before,
> but all the solutions I recall required some fairly involved IP tables
> work (and also had more complex requirements - such as throttling all
> internet protocols, etc).
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> FYI, the computer in question is on a Netgear switch behind two Linksys
> routers - one provides our VPN and the other provides QOS for our IP
> phones (seems to be working since phones worked ok).
> 
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