Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 15:21:30 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Limiting bandwidth Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10002031518540.29318-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <20000203094040.B60799@dan.emsphone.com>
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> > add "options DUMMYNET" to your kernel and recompile. Then do something > like > > ipfw pipe 1 config bw 100kbytes/sec > ipfw add 100 pipe 1 ip from any to any out via fxp0 > ipfw pipe 2 config bw 100kbytes/sec > ipfw add 101 pipe 2 ip from any to any in via fxp0 > I did this - checked the man pages - and soon as I do it, at 512kbits, a ping out that port drops 80% of packets, and reports enourmous ping times on the packets that do get thru. Am I missing something I need to do (like set buffers) or is this just a symptom that the end user NEEDs to be throttled! (ie they are piggin up the wire) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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