Rate limit a wireless interface
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I have access to my routers SSH and IPTables. I want to rate limit my guest network to 1Mb/s so they can't guzzle my bandwidth.
rai1 RTWIFI SoftAP ESSID:"GuestNetwork" Nickname:""
Mode:Managed Channel=6 Access Point: :F9
Bit Rate=300 Mb/s
wdsi0 RTWIFI SoftAP ESSID:"YouCan'tTouchThis" Nickname:""
Mode:Managed Channel=6 Access Point: :F8
Bit Rate=300 Mb/s
wdsi1 RTWIFI SoftAP ESSID:"YouCan'tTouchThis" Nickname:""
Mode:Managed Channel=6 Access Point: :F9
Bit Rate=300 Mb/s
wdsi2 RTWIFI SoftAP ESSID:"YouCan'tTouchThis" Nickname:""
Mode:Managed Channel=6 Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:300 Mb/s
wdsi3 RTWIFI SoftAP ESSID:"YouCan'tTouchThis" Nickname:""
Mode:Managed Channel=6 Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:300 Mb/s
I'm just wondering the command I need to limit it. I tried the iwconfig limit command but it failed.
Thanks
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