Re: PF + ALTQ - Bandwidth per customer

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Kahlil Erwin Talledo
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Sam Fourman Jr. wrote:
>>> I had forgotten that dummynet can be used with pf. Maybe i should start this
>>> with a new subject but it is directly related in that I need bandwidth
>>> control again that I don´t have since changing to pf.
>>>
>>>  o- What needs to be patched/done to make them work together
>>>     on Current and Releng?
>>>  o- Are you happier with the combination of dummynet with pf
>>>     than with IPFW?
>>>
>>> DummyNet was one of the reasons that I was slow to leave IPFW.
>>>
>>> Thanks and I am really not trying to hijack this thread, be glad to start a
>>> new one.
>>
>> so you actually can use DummyNet w/ pf to limit bandwidth per ip?
>>
>> is there anyway to say.. ip address x must be used with MAC Address y
>> then follow the per ip bandwidth limit
>> if not then drop all traffic in and out?
>
> you have to remember that mac is layer two and it can be easily spoofed.
>  so doing it that way might not be the best thing to do it. that's just
> my two cents though.

you are absolutely right, after thinking about it a bit more, the
right idea would be to
somehow limit bandwidth per ip or group of ip's(several bound to the
same interface)
any ideas?

Sam Fourman Jr.
Fourman Networks
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