[bf1942] RFE: TOS bits in IP packets

[charles "wokka" goldsmith]

This would only work if your local router and your upstream router from
your ISP supported it.  Basic QOS isn't tough, but the routers have to
both support the same version :)

Charles Goldsmith
Network Engineer
CompUSA Corporate
972-982-4086 office
972-839-4458 cell

-----Original Message-----
From: Malte Schröder [mailto:TuX.Norad at gmx.de] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 11:02 AM
To: bf1942 at icculus.org
Subject: Re: [bf1942] RFE: TOS bits in IP packets

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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