Re: Bandwidth Limit Freeware

de John Jay Smith 06/28/2006 04:43

no he wanted a program that had the limiting function of the applications he
mentioned...
that were not free.....

"In_Parentheses" <quoder@demonstrand.um> wrote in message
news:Xns97F05AFFAA88QED@212.104.200.36...
> "John Jay Smith" <1@2.3> wrote in news:44a25aae$1@newsgate.x-privat.org:
>
>> Mark,
>>
>> what Al said is wrong (as usual), and what you are saying is not
>> possible for the exact
>> thing netlimiter does.
>>
>> Netlimiter must have direct contact with an app, meaning that is
>> loaded in the OS,
>> you see it on a list and you give it bandwidth or limit it.
>>
>> The other solutions may be able to limit ports perhaps.. but lots of
>> programs
>> change ports, or many programs share ports...
>>
>> There are network shapers as you say (I have seen them) but this is a
>> different thing...
>> and you cannot use a router or linux to achieve the same results.
>>
>>
>> "Mark Carter" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>> news:44a25303$0$15785$14726298@news.sunsite.dk...
>>> Al Klein wrote:
>>>> On 27 Jun 2006 06:59:22 -0700, "9ust4v0" <9ust4v0@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I need a freeware to set a max bandwidth for application.
>>>>> I've heard of Netlimiter and Netpeeker, but they are payware... any
>>>>> freeware out there?
>>>>
>>>> If you run a router you may not need software. Some routers can
>>>> limit bandwidth.
>>>
>>> I'm going to give a bit of a nerdy answer (look at me, I'm so 1337 ;)
>>> ) which is probably entirely useless for practical purposes ... but I
>>> believe that you can do all sorts of weird and wonderful traffic
>>> shaping with Linux. I can't remember *how*, but I'm sure it can be
>>> done.
>>
>>
>
> John Jay,
>
> We're talking about Netlimiter Client FREE, right? I have it running for
> about two months now, am very pleased with the application based stats it
> offers, however limiting an application's bandwidth is not one of the
> options the free client offers IMO.
>
> Right-clicking an application in the "on-line" list gives you the
> following
> options:
>
> * Create Process,
> * Move to hidden,
> * Show Application's Name (with sub menu)
> * Show Stats
> * About (Netlimiter)
> * Update registration (get the paid pro version, that is)
>
> Now, if you have a way of limiting the BW with the free edition, then
> please share it with us, as I think more users of the program will be
> interested in this feature.
>
> --
> Jay
> (IP)