[Web4lib] bandwidth limiting products

[Scott, Tina]

We use 8e6's R3000 filter which will allow us to set a quota for the amount of time we allow patrons to access bandwidth-intensive sites.  I have not put it into use as of yet, but will be forced to because our staff is being impacted as a result of sharing our network with patrons.  (Sharing the network is beyond my control)  As soon as the libraries open, our bandwidth drops far below dial-up and we have dedicated T1s out.  I hate to limit the service we provide our patrons, but have come to the difficult decision to do that.  Every site you go to online now has a video.  Its great, but it takes too many resources.

Tina Scott

Library Systems Administrator 
Portsmouth Public Library 
601 Court St., Portsmouth, VA 23704 
757-393-8501, x32      Fax: 757-397-4235 
http://www.portsmouthpubliclibrary.org/



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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Cary Gordon
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 2:16 PM
To: Ed Erjavek
Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] bandwidth limiting products


There are many firewalls and routers that offer some degree of
bandwidth shaping. If you want something free and flexible, look at
Squid <http://www.squid-cache.org/>.

-- 
Cary Gordon
The Cherry Hill Company
http://chillco.com

On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Ed Erjavek <erjaveked at sbpl.org> wrote:
> Following up on the youtube and bandwidth discussion, does anyone have any
> products they've been pleased with to
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> Limit bandwidth to a particular station?
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> Thanks, Ed
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