How can I limit the upload/download bandwidth on my CentOS server?

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Published on 2013-10-30T21:49:56Z Indexed on 2013/10/30 21:57 UTC
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How can I limit the upload and download bandwidth on my CentOS server? This is a box with a single interface, eth0. Ideally, I would like a command-line solution (I've been trying to use tc), something that I could easily switch on and off in a script.

So far I've been trying to do something like tc filter add dev eth0 protocol ip prio 50 u32 police rate 100kbit burst 10240 drop but I'm obviously missing a lot of knowledge and information. Can somebody help with a quick one-liner?

Many thanks, Dan

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