Limit total bandwidth sent by a router

kevin.mcgillicuddy · ‎12-12-2013

I have a router in a remote location that the ISP limits us so we can only send up to 800MB of data from 6 am to 8 pm after that we can send as much as we want. I have some servers that I always want to be able to get out - is there a way to put a hard cap on the users so that they have 200 MB of data in those hours and if they "spend" it all they are cut off until the unlimited time.

I do not need to shape or police traffic - i need to put a cap on the router so it will not over send the 800MB limit - is this possible?

pieterh · ‎12-12-2013

Bandwidth limiting is data per second.
You need something like quota limiting.
That is not integratied in a cisco router configuration
You need special device or special software for that

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Jose Jara · ‎12-12-2013

If you want to limit the traffic in an specific time frame I would use a time based ACL and MQC to limit the traffic in this period of time.

Joseph W. Doherty · ‎12-12-2013

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Routers don't have feature to limit bandwidth by some to some cumulative amount.

What you might be able to do is use embedded scripting, monitor usage from 6 AM to 8 PM, and as it approaches your cumulative limit, add (via the embedded script) a policer to try to avoid hitting your cap. The embedded script could set a policy, as the cap is about to be reached, to drop all further packets. It could also have tiers allowed policed bandwidths, which slow egress rates as cap is approached.

kevin.mcgillicuddy · ‎12-12-2013

I have used the scripting before - but what on the router would keep track of total bandwidth used?

Joseph W. Doherty · ‎12-12-2013

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A router that "sees" all the traffic you're trying to limit.

kevin.mcgillicuddy · ‎12-13-2013

You mentioned possibly using an EEM script - what comamnds would allow the router to keep traffic of total traffic sent?

Joseph W. Doherty · ‎12-13-2013

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Sorry, don't know (which is why I used the word "might"). Suggest posting question to the scripting forum.