Hi all!

I was wondering if it is possible to set bandwidth quotas to say an FTP server. I currently run vsftpd and I'd like to limit the maximum download speed so I woldn't end up without bandwidth for the rest of the computers using the same line as the server. While I'm at it, how can I limit the amount of simultaneous annomymous logins to the server?

PS: I've read some of the documentation about vsftpd, but I've failed to find the info I'm looking for (or maybe I simply did not understand it).

Thanks in advance.

Did you check the man page for vsftpd.conf? Looks like the options you want are a combination of anon_max_rate, local_max_rate, and max_clients. There doesn't seem to be an option like "limit all connections to a total of xK/sec" though, so you'd have to limit all anonymous users to (x/n)K/sec, where n is the number of users you allow.

Even though I was able to solve my original problem with the FTP server, now I'm onto a more sophisticated issue: Equally balance the amount of available bandwidth between the clients. I have a total available bandwidth of 5mbits/s bidirectional. I have a total of 10 clients, and I was thinking on having a Linux bridge/router to balance the available bandwidth between the clients, however I don't know wheather that is even possible or how can it be attained. The objective would be to have an minimum assured 512kbit/sec bandwidth available for all the clients behind this router/bridge.

Thanks in advance for any input.