I want to only throttle the iTunes application. The above tip works fine with iTunes with port 80 but what if I want my other applications to have full access to my bandwidth? Is there a way from the command line to just limit specific applications? Thanks, Joe. Lighthouse will let you select an app, forward info from the normal port to another internal port, and when used with the script described before, and the internal port number, you can slow a specific app down, while leaving the others to use as much bandwidth as there is left over.
This type of solution would work even better if you could define similar behavior by ip adress from inside an airport router, but apple hasn't seen fit to make that part of their software. Still, lighthouse is a great app for this type of control. You can redirect traffic from any number of ports to a single port, and set how much bandwidth the internal port has using these scripts.
You can even schedule it using the latest iCal in Leopard if you save these as terminal scripts. If you can find freeware for redirecting by application, please post. I'd love to be able to try it. Hello everybody, I've seen applications that forward ports based on the application you specify.
You could forward information for any app through these, set one specific port, then use the commands at the top of this thread to limit bandwidth to that port. Remember, when you use these commands you are specifying the internal destination; and if you've routed one port to another for a specific application, the only port you need to worry about is which one the application will "see" or use.
This will allow you to limit bandwidth to that internal port, and it will "pull" information through the outer one at the limit you've defined. I've tried lighthouse, great for this, but I believe there are others that are freeware. I hope this helps somebody. Lost your password? Powered by the Parse. Advanced OS X users know that Darwin comes with ipfw , which can be used to set up a custom firewall.
David David 1 1 silver badge 5 5 bronze badges. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Would this work for a CLI process e. Yes, I think so. You just need to have some way of reliably distinguishing homebrew's packets from any others, such as running it through a specific port. I'll have a look. ThrottleD fits exactly my use case, except that it does not work with OS X Squid is a proxy server that comes with OS X and can be configured to throttle as well, but I didn't suggest it because not all programs will play nice with a proxy.
Is throttling enabled globally or per-application? You can tell it to filter or throttle by specific file extensions, but not AFAIK by application per se. That's what I thought, thanks for the clarification — David. Bandwidth limiting is useful for those scenarios where you want to stop a resource-hogging application and improve the performance of the network, reducing network congestion along the way.
Setting up your monitoring environment is easy, with the assistance of an autodiscovery feature, which automatically discovers devices. You can download the day trial. ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer is a NetFlow traffic analyzer and bandwidth management tool that can monitor traffic patterns.
Through a customizable dashboard, you can monitor the top usage by application and protocol with the support of pie charts. Using these views allows you to tell immediately if there are any bandwidth hogs you need addressing.
If there is excessive bandwidth consumption then you can add QoS policies to limit the traffic. You can also create access to contours lists to determine which applications can have access to your network.
This is useful for eliminating any non-work applications! There is also a day free trial that you can download from this link here. NetLimiter comes with three tools that let you control network traffic: Limits, Priorities, and Blocker.
Limits enable you to set a maximum bandwidth transfer speed limit for an application. The Priorities tool allows you to pick which application traffic has priority. NetLimiter has an internal priority engine , which automatically restricts other applications when a high priority application is in use. There are four priority levels that can be assigned: Critical, High, Normal, and Low. Blocker allows you to block particular applications such as non-work services to minimize distractions.
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You can download the software from this link here. NetBalancer is a dynamic bandwidth limiter that lets you control traffic usage on your computer. With NetBalancer you can implement download and upload limits to determine how many network resources are limited to an application.
Traffic rules and filters give you complete control over the applications being used on your network. The software also provides you with transparency over traffic and processes. You can view a history of upload and download traffic history , which you can interact with to edit the color scheme and adjust the time frame. There are also pie charts that you can use to view traffic data such as the t op processes IPs in the last 24 hours.
For managing multiple computers, NetBalancer has a web-based console where you can synchronize settings. Simply set a time frame for the sync to take place and then check the events, traffic, and command settings that will be synced. NetBalancer is a solid low-cost bandwidth limiting solution for Windows users. You can start the day free trial from this link here.
Zscaler is a cloud-based firewall that offers bandwidth controls. With Zscaler, you can route local traffic to your internet connection and apply bandwidth policies to prioritize essential applications. The platform allows you to set traffic rules by class, location, and time. For example, you can create a class for Office applications and assign it to the top priority in the traffic hierarchy. When setting the rules, you can guarantee a particular percentage of bandwidth a class will have access to.
Set download or upload transfer rate limits for applications, connections or groups of them. Improve this question. Rishi Rishi 1 1 gold badge 4 4 silver badges 5 5 bronze badges. See SuperUser question superuser. I read all the above answers, and still I agree that nobody found the solution.
We are looking for an exact alternative of netlimiter for windows. For example if I am using JAKSTA to download videos that will use all the available bandwidth leaving me stuck and unable to surf the web while I download the videos.
So, Any valid alternative for the mac? No apps not even saying good apps , for limiting bandwidth based on apps and not ports. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Warren Young Warren Young 1 1 gold badge 5 5 silver badges 15 15 bronze badges. How can NLC be used to view and control network bandwidth on a per-application basis per bullet points 3 and 4 in the question? Victor: Thanks!
There are multiple ways to do this. For example, using ipfw , pf , or trickle , or GUI front ends to these, such as: Speed Limit not maintained as of Throttled only
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