[bf1942] RFE: TOS bits in IP packets

[g8 at the.whole.net]

Actually you will find most larger and good backbones absolutely support
it, from edge to edge.  I know for a fact UU and Sprint actively support
it and run WRED on their ciscos.  We do as well.  And because of the
massively increasing popularity of services like VoIP and VPNs, more and
more backbones are upgrading to support it. Even within our AS (autonomous
system) it would be nice to have it so I can better prioritise the traffic
and provide a superior QoS.  Better to have it than to not.

Excellent suggestion.

-g8

On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Andrew A. Chen wrote:

> 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.
>