How do I route connections to many classrooms?

feavel · 06-21-2007, 09:00 AM

Hello,

I have a highspeed connection connected to a slackware 11 machine.

there are 3 floors with 7 classrooms.

Each floor has a 24 port switch sending cables to each classroom.

all three switches are connected to a fourth switch in my room wich the slackware is also connected.

Can someone help me route exactly 128kbps to each room?

maroonbaboon · 06-21-2007, 10:06 AM

I have no direct experience of these tools, but it looks like some widely used linux server/gateway solutions (Clarkconnect, Smoothwall, Astaro) might give you that sort of bandwith management. Here are the Clarkconnect docs, for example,

http://www.clarkconnect.com/wiki/ind...gs_-_Bandwidth

flashingcurser · 06-21-2007, 01:52 PM

You will need to have more than one nic. Then start googling for "linux firewall router", that should get you started.

I have used this often for a quick slackware router:

http://easyfwgen.morizot.net/gen/

spamgrind · 07-02-2007, 10:41 AM

You may also want to look at the program "firestarter", its a really easy to configure router/firewall solution for Linux. Google "firestarter"