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bboyjnr_8532's avatar
Nov 09, 2011

iRule to calculate client bandwidth usage

hi all,

 

 

Just wondered if there was a way to calculate user/client bandwidth per VS and then apply a rateclass when a limit is reached?

 

 

I think this can be done with an iRule but not sure where to start!

 

 

Help appreciated as always.

 

 

thanks.

4 Replies

  • what is different with applying rate class to virtual server without calculation?
  • maybe i should have posed my question a little different and explain the situation...

     

     

    I have clients connecting to a VS to download files and once they have downloaded say 500mb of data then i need to shape the traffic down so for instance shape the traffic down for that perticular client so once they hit a download limit of 500mb then the bandwidth they are allowed is down to say 1mbit/s.

     

     

    Thanks.
  • just wondering whether you have seen this one. would it be applicable?

     

     

    Simple traffic shaping by JackofallTrades

     

    http://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iRules.Simple_traffic_shaping.ashx

     

     

    e.g.

     

     

    [root@ve1023:Active] config b virtual bar list

     

    virtual bar {

     

    snat automap

     

    pool foo

     

    destination 172.28.65.152:http

     

    ip protocol tcp

     

    rules myrule

     

    }

     

    [root@ve1023:Active] config b rule myrule list

     

    rule myrule {

     

    when SERVER_CONNECTED {

     

    TCP::collect

     

    }

     

     

    when SERVER_DATA {

     

    set srvAge [IP::stats age]

     

    set srvBytes [IP::stats bytes in]

     

    if {$srvAge > 10000 } {

     

    if {$srvBytes > 3000000 } {

     

    rateclass bandHog

     

    TCP::release

     

    log local0. "Bandwidth Hog: [IP::client_addr] server bytes $srvBytes"

     

    return

     

    }

     

    }

     

    TCP::release

     

    TCP::collect

     

    }

     

    }

     

    [root@ve1023:Active] config b rate class list

     

    rate class bandHog {

     

    rate 1Mbps

     

    ceiling 1Mbps

     

    drop policy tail

     

    type sfq

     

    }

     

     

    [root@ve1023:Active] config tail -f /var/log/ltm

     

    Nov 9 05:53:41 local/tmm info tmm[4766]: Rule myrule : Bandwidth Hog: 192.168.206.102 server bytes 137926996

     

  • thanks thats a great start for me to go on, will have a re-jig of the rule and see whati come up with :)