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I need to test the performance of some applications over different capacity connections (broadband, EFM, LAN extension etc). How would i configure an Ubuntu server to sit between the main network (17.16.x.x) and throttle the flow to and from a machine the other side of the throttle server?

I've looked at ProxyARP, but that (as far as i can tell) only handles the routing, not the bandwidth. I need something that throttles all network traffic not just HTTP(S) etc.

I have a Dell R610 (dual quad core Xeon, 98Gb RAM) with multiple nics and ubuntu server installed.

In case i wasn't clear the below is what i am hoping to achieve:

Internet <====> Core Switch Stack <====>nic1 - R610 - nic2 <====> Switch <====> TestingServer

Cheers,

Paul

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  • Check out this question on superuser.com superuser.com/questions/66574/… Mar 25, 2015 at 21:34
  • Thanks Adam, that only seems to apply to the throttling on one machine though, rather than the linux box working as both a arp proxy and throttler. Unless of course i missed something while reading?
    – Paul
    Mar 26, 2015 at 15:40

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