[cobalt-users] Re: Adding bandwidth limits fails "The attempt to set the bandwidth limit failed"

["Stealthhosts.com - Server Administrator" <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hello again..
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > Oppss... (we seem to be the ones active on a sunday) :P
> >
> > Stealthhosts.com - Server Administrator wrote:
> > > -------------------------------------------------------
> > > I see what you are saying but in my understanding that would be data
> > > transfer amount and not data transfer rate.
> > > Taken from the Cobalt GUI "Limit the maximum data transfer rate from
> > sites.
> > > Each limit affects all sites associated with the IP address that is
> > > limited."
> > > When I attempt to add a limit, the help bar displays "Bandwidth
Limit(in
> > > kilobits/second) to place on the IP address listed."
> > >
> > > Therefore I do think this feature is a bandwidth (speed) limiting
> feature
> > > instead of a data transfer amount limiter.
> > >
> > > Thank you for your reply, and based on this information any further
help
> > > would be appreciated. I shall store the ipacct location for future
> > reference
> > > as that will come in useful to me for something else.
> > >
> > > Forgive me if this post does not continue in the thread, I am posting
> this
> > > manually based on the archive.
> > >
> >
> > I've just rechecked and you're right
> > -> Bandwidth Limit (kbps)
> > but where did you get the 0-400000000 limit from?
>
> That was simply the smallest and largest numbers I tried (not meaning they
> were the min-max that the field can hold)
>
> >
> > I have successfully set mine to "999999999" in the
> > Raq550 GUI with no problems.
> >
> > Just to be sure we're looking at the same thing, the
> > configuration is found at:
> > Server Management -> System Settings -> Bandwidth
> > Limits
>
> Yes that is the same area
>
> >
> > Another thought, how about disabling the website
> > first? or stopping the web server via the CLI,
> > and then try to apply the bw limits. Maybe it can't
> > "reduce" the speed because your site has already
> > exceeded the 40kbps in the first place. I should
> > try it myself, but am too lazy to upload a huge
> > file over... have been fighting determined spammers
> > the whole day, internal and external... :P
>
> Nah, already tried stopping services etc.
>
> For reference the following thread has been started that may be worth
> investigating:
> http://list.cobalt.com/pipermail/cobalt-users/2003-December/098603.html
>
> "I was insgtalling the RaQ550 pkgs on a RaQ3 from the CLI
> While installing RaQ550-All-Kernel-0.0.1-2.4.19C10_III-1.pkg
> The following error comes up:::
>
> /home/packages/36_RaQ550-All-Kernel-0.0.1-2.4.19C10_III-1.pkg
> package bwmgmt is not installed
>
> People have noted that RaQ550 bandwidth management does not
> work on RaQ3/4s, I was installing from the CL, actually a script and the
> following error comes up. Is it possible that "package bwmgmt" is compiled
> for a Pentium???"
> --------------------------------
> I shall look into this further as it may be related (thanks to Gerald at
> frontstreetnetworks for posting it)
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Ok Guys/Gals,
I have a fair bit more info.......
Thus far : The Raq 4 runnin Raq 550 os7 is still not adding bandwidth
limits.
Reason: bwmgmt is not installed.
Why isn't it? : When I attempt to install it alone I get a message saying I
need some kernal updates first (these being -
RaQ550-All-Kernel-0.0.1-2.4.19C9_V-1 &
RaQ550-All-Kernel-0.0.1-2.4.19C10_V-1)

Cool (thinks I) - Adding either of the updates in Bluelink seems to install
it but actually doesnt (it still appears in the Updates list and says it is
not yet installed), Installing in the shell just fails with no particular
issues - it just doesn't work.

Why doesn't it work?: It seems these kernel updates were compiled for the
intel based systems, after reading the archives someone recommended nuonce
and I took a look but was unable to find any updates for my system. (a RaQ 4
as stated above amd 475mhz)

What now? : This is the part I am hoping you will be able to help me with,
at the moment cron is emailing me every hour with a $hit-load of "iptables
v1.2.1a: can't initialize iptables table `filter': iptables who? (do you
need to insmod?)
Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded" Which I am presuming
is related, I have about 50 PHPNuke sites each consuming 1MB/sec of my
bandwidth (burstable, so they are taking all they can get).
I am happy to use mod_bandwidth and other software if needed but I still
want to sort out the other issues being created. I am hoping someone has
done the kernel update for my system. I will do as much as I can to get this
update built but my skills in linux are .... limited?!?!?(limited = complete
linux retard). Access to a bawx and/or storage are offered if anyone has the
time, skill, patience to do it.

Thanks in advance of any suggestions

Lewis