How to throttle bandwidth effectively
I have a requirement to test various resilient file transfer methods that need to work across an extremely slow and intermittently unreliable network. I have a server and a client available to test the transfer from/to but I need a way to throttle the bandwidth on the client machine to simulate the poor network. I have seen there are various tools to throttle bandwidth in Chrome dev tools, for example, but I want to do it globally for the whole of the client machine's connection so I can be assured that the various transfer methods can cope gracefully with a slow network.
Has anyone got any suggestions/methodologies I can use to achieve this?
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I have a requirement to test various resilient file transfer methods that need to work across an extremely slow and intermittently unreliable network. I have a server and a client available to test the transfer from/to but I need a way to throttle the bandwidth on the client machine to simulate the poor network. I have seen there are various tools to throttle bandwidth in Chrome dev tools, for example, but I want to do it globally for the whole of the client machine's connection so I can be assured that the various transfer methods can cope gracefully with a slow network.
Has anyone got any suggestions/methodologies I can use to achieve this?
networking bandwidth
asked Jan 15 at 14:27
filbertfilbert
1
add a comment |
I have a requirement to test various resilient file transfer methods that need to work across an extremely slow and intermittently unreliable network. I have a server and a client available to test the transfer from/to but I need a way to throttle the bandwidth on the client machine to simulate the poor network. I have seen there are various tools to throttle bandwidth in Chrome dev tools, for example, but I want to do it globally for the whole of the client machine's connection so I can be assured that the various transfer methods can cope gracefully with a slow network.
Has anyone got any suggestions/methodologies I can use to achieve this?
networking bandwidth
asked Jan 15 at 14:27
filbertfilbert
1
I have a requirement to test various resilient file transfer methods that need to work across an extremely slow and intermittently unreliable network. I have a server and a client available to test the transfer from/to but I need a way to throttle the bandwidth on the client machine to simulate the poor network. I have seen there are various tools to throttle bandwidth in Chrome dev tools, for example, but I want to do it globally for the whole of the client machine's connection so I can be assured that the various transfer methods can cope gracefully with a slow network.
Has anyone got any suggestions/methodologies I can use to achieve this?
networking bandwidth
networking bandwidth
asked Jan 15 at 14:27
filbertfilbert
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asked Jan 15 at 14:27
filbertfilbert
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asked Jan 15 at 14:27
filbertfilbert
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asked Jan 15 at 14:27
filbertfilbert
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asked Jan 15 at 14:27
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BEST SOLUTION:
Use wondershaper (linux):
wondershaper [interface] [down] [up],
that in your case it's going to be:
wondershaper eth0 256 128 -- that equals to 256kbps in down and 128kbps in up.
You could set the NIC on your client to work at 10 mbit/s
Windows:
Device Manager > Right-Click NIC > Advanced >
> Speed & Duplex > Set "10 Mbps Full Duplex" or "10 Mbps Half Duplex"
Linux:
apt-get install ethtool
ethtool -s eth0 speed 10 duplex half (or duplex full, your choice) autoneg off
ip set dev eth0 down && ip set dev eth0 up --OR-- ifconfig eth0 up && ifconfig eth0 up
You could just hog the bandwidth with random file transfer between the server and client and while they're running run the desired test.
answered Jan 15 at 14:53
Jes7errJes7err
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It's a good idea, thanks. But I need it to go even slower than that - we are talking dial-up speeds really - it's a very poor connection that needs to be simulated. I guess I can flood the connection with noise, as you say, and hog the bandwidth that way but I need something that is consistent, reliable and repeatable as I need to test several different file transfer methods against one another. I was hoping I could just globally limit the network connection to 1mbit/s and have done with it.
– filbert
Jan 15 at 15:01
You can use wondershaper in that case: wondershaper [interface] [down] [up], in your case it would be: "wondershaper eth0 256 128" -- that equals to 256kbps in down and 128 in up
– Jes7err
Jan 15 at 15:06
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BEST SOLUTION:
Use wondershaper (linux):
wondershaper [interface] [down] [up],
that in your case it's going to be:
wondershaper eth0 256 128 -- that equals to 256kbps in down and 128kbps in up.
You could set the NIC on your client to work at 10 mbit/s
Windows:
Device Manager > Right-Click NIC > Advanced >
> Speed & Duplex > Set "10 Mbps Full Duplex" or "10 Mbps Half Duplex"
Linux:
apt-get install ethtool
ethtool -s eth0 speed 10 duplex half (or duplex full, your choice) autoneg off
ip set dev eth0 down && ip set dev eth0 up --OR-- ifconfig eth0 up && ifconfig eth0 up
You could just hog the bandwidth with random file transfer between the server and client and while they're running run the desired test.
answered Jan 15 at 14:53
Jes7errJes7err
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It's a good idea, thanks. But I need it to go even slower than that - we are talking dial-up speeds really - it's a very poor connection that needs to be simulated. I guess I can flood the connection with noise, as you say, and hog the bandwidth that way but I need something that is consistent, reliable and repeatable as I need to test several different file transfer methods against one another. I was hoping I could just globally limit the network connection to 1mbit/s and have done with it.
– filbert
Jan 15 at 15:01
You can use wondershaper in that case: wondershaper [interface] [down] [up], in your case it would be: "wondershaper eth0 256 128" -- that equals to 256kbps in down and 128 in up
– Jes7err
Jan 15 at 15:06
add a comment |
BEST SOLUTION:
Use wondershaper (linux):
wondershaper [interface] [down] [up],
that in your case it's going to be:
wondershaper eth0 256 128 -- that equals to 256kbps in down and 128kbps in up.
You could set the NIC on your client to work at 10 mbit/s
Windows:
Device Manager > Right-Click NIC > Advanced >
> Speed & Duplex > Set "10 Mbps Full Duplex" or "10 Mbps Half Duplex"
Linux:
apt-get install ethtool
ethtool -s eth0 speed 10 duplex half (or duplex full, your choice) autoneg off
ip set dev eth0 down && ip set dev eth0 up --OR-- ifconfig eth0 up && ifconfig eth0 up
You could just hog the bandwidth with random file transfer between the server and client and while they're running run the desired test.
answered Jan 15 at 14:53
Jes7errJes7err
62
It's a good idea, thanks. But I need it to go even slower than that - we are talking dial-up speeds really - it's a very poor connection that needs to be simulated. I guess I can flood the connection with noise, as you say, and hog the bandwidth that way but I need something that is consistent, reliable and repeatable as I need to test several different file transfer methods against one another. I was hoping I could just globally limit the network connection to 1mbit/s and have done with it.
– filbert
Jan 15 at 15:01
You can use wondershaper in that case: wondershaper [interface] [down] [up], in your case it would be: "wondershaper eth0 256 128" -- that equals to 256kbps in down and 128 in up
– Jes7err
Jan 15 at 15:06
add a comment |
BEST SOLUTION:
Use wondershaper (linux):
wondershaper [interface] [down] [up],
that in your case it's going to be:
wondershaper eth0 256 128 -- that equals to 256kbps in down and 128kbps in up.
You could set the NIC on your client to work at 10 mbit/s
Windows:
Device Manager > Right-Click NIC > Advanced >
> Speed & Duplex > Set "10 Mbps Full Duplex" or "10 Mbps Half Duplex"
Linux:
apt-get install ethtool
ethtool -s eth0 speed 10 duplex half (or duplex full, your choice) autoneg off
ip set dev eth0 down && ip set dev eth0 up --OR-- ifconfig eth0 up && ifconfig eth0 up
You could just hog the bandwidth with random file transfer between the server and client and while they're running run the desired test.
answered Jan 15 at 14:53
Jes7errJes7err
62
BEST SOLUTION:
Use wondershaper (linux):
wondershaper [interface] [down] [up],
that in your case it's going to be:
wondershaper eth0 256 128 -- that equals to 256kbps in down and 128kbps in up.
You could set the NIC on your client to work at 10 mbit/s
Windows:
Device Manager > Right-Click NIC > Advanced >
> Speed & Duplex > Set "10 Mbps Full Duplex" or "10 Mbps Half Duplex"
Linux:
apt-get install ethtool
ethtool -s eth0 speed 10 duplex half (or duplex full, your choice) autoneg off
ip set dev eth0 down && ip set dev eth0 up --OR-- ifconfig eth0 up && ifconfig eth0 up
You could just hog the bandwidth with random file transfer between the server and client and while they're running run the desired test.
answered Jan 15 at 14:53
Jes7errJes7err
62
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Jes7errJes7err
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answered Jan 15 at 14:53
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It's a good idea, thanks. But I need it to go even slower than that - we are talking dial-up speeds really - it's a very poor connection that needs to be simulated. I guess I can flood the connection with noise, as you say, and hog the bandwidth that way but I need something that is consistent, reliable and repeatable as I need to test several different file transfer methods against one another. I was hoping I could just globally limit the network connection to 1mbit/s and have done with it.
– filbert
Jan 15 at 15:01
You can use wondershaper in that case: wondershaper [interface] [down] [up], in your case it would be: "wondershaper eth0 256 128" -- that equals to 256kbps in down and 128 in up
– Jes7err
Jan 15 at 15:06
add a comment |
It's a good idea, thanks. But I need it to go even slower than that - we are talking dial-up speeds really - it's a very poor connection that needs to be simulated. I guess I can flood the connection with noise, as you say, and hog the bandwidth that way but I need something that is consistent, reliable and repeatable as I need to test several different file transfer methods against one another. I was hoping I could just globally limit the network connection to 1mbit/s and have done with it.
– filbert
Jan 15 at 15:01
You can use wondershaper in that case: wondershaper [interface] [down] [up], in your case it would be: "wondershaper eth0 256 128" -- that equals to 256kbps in down and 128 in up
– Jes7err
Jan 15 at 15:06
It's a good idea, thanks. But I need it to go even slower than that - we are talking dial-up speeds really - it's a very poor connection that needs to be simulated. I guess I can flood the connection with noise, as you say, and hog the bandwidth that way but I need something that is consistent, reliable and repeatable as I need to test several different file transfer methods against one another. I was hoping I could just globally limit the network connection to 1mbit/s and have done with it.
– filbert
Jan 15 at 15:01
It's a good idea, thanks. But I need it to go even slower than that - we are talking dial-up speeds really - it's a very poor connection that needs to be simulated. I guess I can flood the connection with noise, as you say, and hog the bandwidth that way but I need something that is consistent, reliable and repeatable as I need to test several different file transfer methods against one another. I was hoping I could just globally limit the network connection to 1mbit/s and have done with it.
– filbert
Jan 15 at 15:01
You can use wondershaper in that case: wondershaper [interface] [down] [up], in your case it would be: "wondershaper eth0 256 128" -- that equals to 256kbps in down and 128 in up
– Jes7err
Jan 15 at 15:06
You can use wondershaper in that case: wondershaper [interface] [down] [up], in your case it would be: "wondershaper eth0 256 128" -- that equals to 256kbps in down and 128 in up
– Jes7err
Jan 15 at 15:06
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