[bf1942] RFE: TOS bits in IP packets

Malte Schröder TuX.Norad at gmx.de
Wed Feb 19 12:02:12 EST 2003


but if i have a slow uplink i could use those bits for traffic-control
on the server-box itself ...

On Mit, 2003-02-19 at 14:41, Killing wrote:
> Nice as this may be it wont make any difference in the most case
> as a high portion of internet routers are not equipped to deal with
> such packet flags unfortunately :(
> 
>     Steve / K
> 
> -----Mensagem original-----
> De: Scratch Monkey [mailto:ScratchMonkey at SewingWitch.com] 
> Enviada: quarta-feira, 19 de Fevereiro de 2003 10:56
> Para: BF1942 Server List
> Assunto: [bf1942] RFE: TOS bits in IP packets
> 
> Not sure if this is already done, but it would be nice if the TOS bits
> in
> the IP packets were set to "Minimize-Delay". One can of course use
> iptables
> to do this but it would be nice if the app did it. (Examples of other
> apps
> that do this are telnet and ssh.) These bits are used by routers to
> prioritize traffic, allowing interactive traffic (and what's more
> interactive than games?) to go to the front of the queue.
> 
> 
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