Simulate a slow network connection?

Hobbes

Anyone know of a way to do this? a http proxy won't cut it for me as I need to test a number of non-standard ports.

Is there an app or feature in windows for doing this?

nialo

Setup a modem if you can get your hands on one. and limit the connection speed on the modem drivers.

or does it have to be on a LAN? if it has to be on a lan you could try running something like bit torrent over your lan and have a large stream of data moving over the nic while your doing your tests.. will limit network speed..

neither ideal solutions thou..

lynchie

Hobbes wrote: »

Anyone know of a way to do this? a http proxy won't cut it for me as I need to test a number of non-standard ports.

Is there an app or feature in windows for doing this?

Easiest way to test right now is to install a free trial of netlimiter and limit the bandwidth to the application. It should be enough to simulate it. AFAIK to limit the bandwidth yourself you need to write a win32 network driver to get down low enough to manage the packets from the lan.

Hobbes

Perfect Lynchie! Thanks.

rmacm

A friend of mine did something like this with BSD (I know you said Windows) but it might be useful for other people in the future.

ipfw add pipe 1 ip from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx to any

ipfw pipe 1 config bw 5000kbit/s

replace the xxx's with an IP address and it will limit the traffic from that IP to whatever you specifiy if the second command.

amen

MS have some network throttleing tools that you could use