Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 18:09:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> To: Chris Elsworth <chris@shagged.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ipfw, pipes, and weighting Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10107221806560.4917-100000@athena.uniserve.ca> In-Reply-To: <20010723012459.A1197@shagged.org>
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On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Chris Elsworth wrote: > On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 05:20:14PM -0700, Tom wrote: > > > > On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, Chris Elsworth wrote: > > > > ... > > > What doesn't work is the weighting itself. I saw absolutely no difference > > > whether I had those rules in or not. > > > > What kind of network interface are you using? The way that you seem to > > be configuring dummynet, is as custom priority queuing system. That is > > only effective, if there are packets in the queue to sort by your > > priorities. That will be most effective if you do that on the slowest > > interface in the path. > > The machine in question is a gateway between a 100M LAN and a 1Mbit > upstream line. Obviously I can't control stuff coming down the outside > line, but I can control my outgoing bandwidth, so thats what I'm trying to > do. The outside NIC is an fxp0, inside is rl0. I was assuming the way I > did it, it would catch anything going between the two interfaces with the > src/dst IP I specified? I'm assuming you have some kind of router or bridge connecting the outside ethernet to the 1Mbps line. You should probably rate shape your outbound bandwidth to 1Mbps, to allow your priorities to be effective. Otherwise most of the queuing will occur on the router/bridge, or in the WAN network itself. Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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