From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 9 10:32:00 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 107C216A4CE for ; Wed, 9 Jun 2004 10:32:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rambo.401.cx (rambo.401.cx [80.65.205.166]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EE5643D5C for ; Wed, 9 Jun 2004 10:31:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from listsub@401.cx) Received: from 401.cx (132.dairy.twenty4help.se [80.65.195.132]) by rambo.401.cx (8.12.9p2/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i59AVmFa060330; Wed, 9 Jun 2004 12:31:49 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from listsub@401.cx) Message-ID: <40C6E70E.7000502@401.cx> Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 12:31:42 +0200 From: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (Windows/20040207) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kenji M References: <20040609064612.GA30735@kenjim.com> In-Reply-To: <20040609064612.GA30735@kenjim.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ideal ipfw traffic shaping rules for small DSL net X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 10:32:00 -0000 Kenji M wrote: > Hello network gurus, > I'm looking for a good baseline ipfw shaping policy configuration for > people who are using small upstream DSL bandwidth. I have 3Mbit > downstream and 768K upstream and I use a ipf for natting and ipfw > with dummynet to do traffic shaping. Considering a 750KB upstream > pipe, what size queues would be the most beneficial to balance > http, ssh, and other chat protocols sitting behind the natted firewall? > > I'm looking for some sample configurations to study. > > Any pointers appreciated! > > -Kenji > > http://bsdvault.net/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=116 should get you started. Its a bit messy, but Im sure you can use it as a sample configuration and tweak it to fit your needs. -- R