This apache module will limit number of IP connections from a particular IP to a specific domain or files. You can see the project home page from http://dominia.org/djao/limitipconn2.html . This module have apache 1.3 , 2.x and 2.2.x packages.
wget http://dominia.org/djao/limit/mod_limitipconn-0.23.tar.bz2
tar -xjf mod_limitipconn-0.23.tar.bz2
cd mod_limitipconn-0.23/
/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs -cia mod_limitipconn.c
/scripts/rebuildhttpdconf
cat >> /usr/local/apache/conf/mod_limitipconn.conf << EOF
LoadModule limitipconn_module modules/mod_limitipconn.so
ExtendedStatus On
<IfModule mod_limitipconn.c>
# Set a server-wide limit of 10 simultaneous downloads per IP,
# no matter what.
MaxConnPerIP 10
<Location /somewhere>
# This section affects all files under http://your.server/somewhere
MaxConnPerIP 3
# exempting images from the connection limit is often a good
# idea if your web page has lots of inline images, since these
# pages often generate a flurry of concurrent image requests
NoIPLimit image/*
</Location>
<Directory /home/*/public_html>
# This section affects all files under /home/*/public_html
MaxConnPerIP 1
# In this case, all MIME types other than audio/mpeg and video*
# are exempt from the limit check
OnlyIPLimit audio/mpeg video
</Directory>
</IfModule>
EOF
Now edit the file /usr/local/apache/conf/includes/pre_main_global.conf and add the following lines
Include “/usr/local/apache/conf/mod_limitipconn.conf”
Now restart apache
You can check whether the module loaded or not using the following command.
/usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -M | grep limitipconn_module