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#1 2009-06-22 17:32:01

Nixie
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Limit upload bandwidth speed

I'd like to limit my network traffic when uploading large files to host sites. Either by limiting my total upload speed, or preferably, by limiting the upload speed allowed by specific programs. In this case I would like to limit the upload speed of firefox to prevent it hogging all my bandwidth when uploading files to MegaUpload or Rapidshare.

What is the best way to do this using Arch?

I don't mind using config files and scripts if that's the way to go. But I'm also interested in any applications that people can recommend from the repos or AUR. A firefox extension might be even better if anyone knows of one to suit this situation. Something that would give me the ability to adjust upload/download speeds in a similar manner to when using a bittorrent client would be perfect. Kinda like this extension called Firefox Throttle (which is not available for linux):-

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5917

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Last edited by Nixie (2009-06-22 17:35:28)

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#2 2009-06-22 19:04:43

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Re: Limit upload bandwidth speed

Did you try going into older versions (where the current version also shows) tick the box to install the experimental addon and installing it, even if it says that it is for windows?


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#3 2009-06-22 19:06:00

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Re: Limit upload bandwidth speed

trickle might do what you need.
http://monkey.org/~marius/pages/?page=trickle

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#4 2009-06-22 19:44:19

Nixie
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Re: Limit upload bandwidth speed

That'sa good idea. I'll try that Rookie, thanks. (Edit:- tried this and had no luck)

I'll look into trickle too, it's in the community repo. Thanks dmartins.

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#5 2009-06-22 20:11:46

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Re: Limit upload bandwidth speed

What was the problem? Didn't install or didn't work?


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#6 2009-06-23 07:21:50

Nixie
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Re: Limit upload bandwidth speed

It installed in firefox with no problems, that's a nice trick for trying out older extensions. But no bandwidth limits could be set & it's display did not show active upload/download. It basically didn't work at all.

Probably depended on windows OS to gather the appropriate info.

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