[bf1942] RFE: TOS bits in IP packets

[Andrew A. Chen]

This would be absolutely peachy, but most routers on the internet either 
ignore the bits or do something stupid in response to the bits.  This is 
why VoIP phones generally do not set the TOS bit.

At 05:24 AM 2/19/2003, you wrote:
>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.