How To Install wondershaper on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install wondershaper on CentOS 7. wondershaper is Simple Network Shaper

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wondershaper on CentOS 7.

What is wondershaper

Many cable-modem and ADSL users experience horrifying latency while uploading or downloading. They also notice that uploading hampers downloading greatly. The Wondershaper neatly addresses these issues, allowing users of a router with a Wondershaper to continue using SSH over a loaded link happily.

We can use yum or dnf to install wondershaper on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wondershaper.

Install wondershaper on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install wondershaper using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wondershaper

Install wondershaper on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install wondershaper using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wondershaper

How To Uninstall wondershaper on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the wondershaper package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove wondershaper

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wondershaper on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.