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Subject: Re: Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation Using Dummynet
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Frank Reppin wrote:
> Hi zam,
> ehlo list-members,
> 
> On Wed, 9 Jul 2003, [iso-8859-1] zam wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
>>Let say Group A using 70% of the bandwidth, and at the
>>same time, Group C utilize 100% of the bandwidth, is
>>there any ways to make sure that the balance of group
>>A (30%) will be given to Group C?
> 
> 
> afaict this isn't possible with dummynet itself. :/

> 
> (1) I can be very wrong - ofcourse! :) 

Yes, well -- if you haven't taken the time to understand something,
it's hard to express a preference for it over something you do know.
Or think you do.

See my other message.  It's entirely possible to allocate bw
and do so fairly with dummynet.