# Limiting outgoing traffic rate to 100 Mbps to Amazon US-West data center # (204.246.0.0/16) tc qdisc add dev eth0 root handle 1: cbq avpkt 1000 bandwidth 1000mbit tc class add dev eth0 parent 1: classid 1:1 cbq rate 100mbit allot 1500 prio 5 bounded isolated tc filter add dev eth0 parent 1: protocol ip prio 16 u32 match ip dst 204.246.0.0/16 flowid 1:1 # Limit both incoming traffic as well tc qdisc add dev eth0 handle ffff: ingress tc filter add dev eth0 parent ffff: protocol ip prio 16 u32 match ip src 204.246.0.0/16 police rate 100mbit burst 10k drop flowid :1 # List traffic classifier state tc qdisc show dev eth0 tc class show dev eth0 tc filter show dev eth0 tc filter show dev eth0 parent ffff: # To clear tc qdisc del dev eth0 root tc qdisc del dev eth0 ingress