From: Stuart Henderson (stuspacehopper.org)
Date: Thu Feb 02 2006 - 05:33:14 CST

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On 2006/02/02 22:08, shanejpnetspace.net.au wrote:
> Quoting Graham Gower <graham.gowergmail.com>:
> > This begs the question, what should you do if your bandwidth is variable?
>
> I've wondered that myself. I figured someone in that situation might
> have to settle for an upload bandwidth limited to the worst case?

It's usually possible to monitor the router's reported connection speed
(maybe available by SNMP or logged to syslog, which might be easier than
connecting to the router's cli or web interface to retrieve the information)
and use the correct value in the ruleset. It shoulddn't be used "raw" as
ATM overheads need to be allowed for. A shell script and standard tools
should just about do the trick, though e.g. Perl is probably simpler.

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