Deprecated

This is now integrated into plex media server as a configuration option.

plex-throttling script for linux.

Original base code from this forum post: https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/39823/howto-limit-plex-media-server-bandwidth-on-linux

Installing

place in /etc/init.d

sudo update-rc.d plex-throttling defaults

Tips

show TC rules

/sbin/tc -s -d class show dev eth0

Show iptables mangle rules

/sbin/iptables -t mangle -n -v -L

Show actual bandwidth being used on 32400

watch -n 1 /sbin/tc -s -d class show dev eth0

References: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-traffic-shaping-using-tc-to-control-http-traffic/