How do I simulate a low bandwidth, high latency en

Question

I need to simulate a low bandwidth, high latency connection to a server in order to emulate the conditions of a VPN at a remote site. The bandwidth and latency should be tweakable so I can discover the best combination in order to run our software package.

Answer 1

Another client-side program (Windows only), is NetLimiter - http://www.netlimiter.com

Answer 2

Here is good article about this http://purefinity.blogspot.com/2009/01/simulating-network-delay-using-linux.html

Answer 3

You can try this: CovenantSQL/GNTE just write YAML like this:

group:
  - 
    name: china
    nodes:
      - 
        ip: 10.250.1.2
        cmd: "cd /scripts && ./YourBin args"
      - 
        ip: 10.250.1.3
        cmd: "cd /scripts && ./YourBin args"
    delay: "100ms 10ms 30%"
    loss: "1% 10%"
  - 
    name: us
    nodes:
      - 
        ip: 10.250.2.2
        cmd: "cd /scripts && ./YourBin args"
      - 
        ip: 10.250.2.3
        cmd: "cd /scripts && ./YourBin args"
    delay: "1000ms 10ms 30%"
    loss: "1% 10%"

network:
  -
    groups:
      - china
      - us
    delay: "200ms 10ms 1%"
    corrupt: "0.2%"
    rate: "10mbit"

run ./generate scripts/your.yaml

Answer 4

I use NetBalancer on my Windows machine.

http://seriousbit.com/netbalancer/

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