Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 22:44:16 +0200 From: Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie@le-hen.org> To: "Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@offmyserver.com> Cc: Baldur Gislason <baldur@foo.is>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: prioritizing small ip packets? Message-ID: <20050613204416.GJ30017@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> In-Reply-To: <42ADD3D5.6080103@offmyserver.com> References: <42ADD249.7020709@dnainternet.net> <20050613184128.GA16980@gremlin.foo.is> <42ADD3D5.6080103@offmyserver.com>
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Hi Devon, hi Baldur, (this thread would better seat on -net@, IMO) > >>So, i haven't found a way to make this happen, i googled > >>for it but didn't find anything. Does PF or IPFW have this > >>feature? > > I'm not sure the rationale is appropriate, though. You should be more > worried about prioritizing ACKs if this is an asynchronous low-speed > connection. This is true, prioritizing ACKs is very useful when you want to download with full speed while uploading. But I tend to agree with Baldur's idea too : I give HTTP and DNS requests as well as interactive SSH session (TOS field set to "low delay") a heavy weight in order to have them practically unaffected by a big mail delivery or a scp. Regards, -- Jeremie Le Hen < jeremie at le-hen dot org >< ttz at chchile dot org >
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