Setup and Configure Bandwidth Limiting Module for Apache2

mod-bw is an Apache 2 module provided to solve the problem of limiting users’ and virtual hosts’ bandwidth usage. The current versions can set virtual hosts’ and users’ bandwidth quotas, maximal download speed, requests-per-second speed and the maximal number of simultaneous IP connections.

mod-bw Features:
 * Lightweight bandwidth limiting module for Apache2
 * per-user bandwidth limiting
 * per-virtual host bandwidth limiting
 * per-destination bandwidth limiting
Limiting:
   * Bandwidth total usage (bandwidth quota)
   * Maximal download speed (bandwidth throttling)
   * Maximal requests-per-second speed
   * Maximal simultaneous IP connections
 * Support for virtual hosts
 * Support for defined users

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