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[BioXShell]

Hey.

Just bought a Dedicated server. On this server im not doing hosting.. im hosting many BOTS + IRC Servers.. I would like to know if there are any software i could use to limit my bandwith..


Ex: 10GB limit a day. If the 10GB Limit a day has been reached well my server goes down.. or cut the internet hehe

thanks alot

[tazzy]

You could limit bandwidth (bits per second)
with mod_bandwidth or mod_throttle ... search for them..

[SilenceGold]

Which OS?

If you were using FreeBSD, you could use dummynet as an example.

[cperciva]

Just write a cron job which checks your firewall counters every five minutes and, if you've passed the threshold, adds a rule which silently drops all packets. To re-enable the server, add another cron job which, at midnight, deletes that rule.

Why, exactly, you would want to do this, I don't know... but that's how to do it.

[bwho]

some hosts provide bandwidth notifications that you can set.
I know for instance communitech's control panel has the ability to either email you once your server has reached X GB, or to actually turn your ethernet port off for you.

nice flag cpervica