How to simulate low bandwidth (network delay) in localhost ( running on WAMP, Windows XP)?

Question

How to simulate low bandwidth (network delay) in localhost ( running on wamp, windows XP) ? I was looking to set it on the server-side not on the client-side.

Answer 1

You can do this by using a module for Apache called Bandwidth Mod. Even though this version is for Apache 2.2.14, I am using it on 2.2.21 without any problems.

Grab the bw_mod.dll file from the link above, and put it into the Apache modules folder (usually bin\Apache\Apache2.2.xx\modules in your Wampserver installation folder) and then add this to your httpd.conf file:

LoadModule bw_module modules/mod_bw.dll
BandWidthModule On
ForceBandWidthModule On
BandWidth    all 50000
MinBandWidth all -1

Be sure to check out the readme file for this module as it comes with a lot of options.

Hope this helps !