#network interface on which to limit traffic IF="eth0" #limit of the network interface in question LINKCEIL="1gbit" #limit outbound Bitcoin protocol traffic to this rate LIMIT="160kbit" #defines the address space for which you wish to disable rate limiting LOCALNET="192.168.0.0/16" #delete existing rules tc qdisc del dev ${IF} root #add root class tc qdisc add dev ${IF} root handle 1: htb default 10 #add parent class tc class add dev ${IF} parent 1: classid 1:1 htb rate ${LINKCEIL} ceil ${LINKCEIL} #add our two classes. one unlimited, another limited tc class add dev ${IF} parent 1:1 classid 1:10 htb rate ${LINKCEIL} ceil ${LINKCEIL} prio 0 tc class add dev ${IF} parent 1:1 classid 1:11 htb rate ${LIMIT} ceil ${LIMIT} prio 1 #add handles to our classes so packets marked with <x> go into the class with "... handle <x> fw ..." tc filter add dev ${IF} parent 1: protocol ip prio 1 handle 1 fw classid 1:10 tc filter add dev ${IF} parent 1: protocol ip prio 2 handle 2 fw classid 1:11 #delete any existing rules #disable for now #ret=0 #while [ $ret -eq 0 ]; do # iptables -t mangle -D OUTPUT 1 # ret=$? #done #limit outgoing traffic to and from port 8333. but not when dealing with a host on the local network # (defined by $LOCALNET) # --set-mark marks packages matching these criteria with the number "2" # these packages are filtered by the tc filter with "handle 2" # this filter sends the packages into the 1:11 class, and this class is limited to ${LIMIT} iptables -t mangle -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 8333 ! -d ${LOCALNET} -j MARK --set-mark 0x2 iptables -t mangle -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m tcp --sport 8333 ! -d ${LOCALNET} -j MARK --set-mark 0x2