Use mod_ratelimit2016/02/20

	Enable mod_ratelimit module to limit bandwidth of clients.
[1]	mod_ratelimit is included in apache2 package, so it's possible to configure quickly.

root@www:~#

a2enmod ratelimit

root@www:~#

vi /etc/apache2/conf-available/ratelimit.conf

# create new

# for example, limit bandwidth as 500 KB/sec under the /download location

<IfModule mod_ratelimit.c>
<Location /download>
SetOutputFilter RATE_LIMIT
SetEnv rate-limit 500
</Location>
</IfModule>

root@www:~#

a2enconf ratelimit

root@www:~#

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

* Restarting web server apache2
...done.

[2]	Access to the location to make sure the settings is effective. The upper one is downloading from the limited location, the lower is downloading from a unlimited location.

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