AW: AW: Re[2]: [bf1942] RFE: TOS bits in IP packets

[Daniel E. Atencio Psille]

Hehe ;)

haven't had a closer look at WonderShaper since I didn't have to bother
about traffic shaping yet (nowadays I have to *g*) but I've heard only
positive votings until now. I'll give it a try as soon as I've done my
higher prioritised lessons.

As far as my knowledge reaches I probably would have done the job using
iptables (prerouting table) but since I've joined the LARTC-List a few weeks
ago, I've seen that many tools and explanations to do this and similar jobs
even better that I decided to have do much closer studies on this topic.
Doesn't seem to be something you'd get rid of in a minute or two ;)

btw: do you or anybody else on this list know the average size of the (UDP)
packets used by bf42? I wonder wether this is kind of 'backdoor'
configureable as it is in UT ...

Great List btw and a huge 'Thanks a lot!' to Ryan I'm really impressed :))

Daniel

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: ScratchMonkey [mailto:ScratchMonkey at SewingWitch.com] 
> Gesendet: Samstag, 22. Februar 2003 20:08
> An: bf1942 at icculus.org
> Betreff: Re: AW: Re[2]: [bf1942] RFE: TOS bits in IP packets
> 
> 
> --On Saturday, February 22, 2003 3:22 PM +0100 "Daniel E. 
> Atencio Psille" 
> <dea at atencio.de> wrote:
> 
> > did you ever look at http://www.lartc.org or 
> http://www.docum.org ? Those
> > sites cover this special topic 
> (traffic shaping and bandwidth allocation)
> > in great detail.
> 
> Yep, that's why I'm asking for it. If you mark the packets 
> with TOS bits, 
> then the shaper can use those bits to do the prioritization. 
> Or a router 
> based on Linux can prioritize packets on each outbound interface.
> 
> Take a look at the WonderShaper there. It's great for a 
> residential gateway 
> based on Linux, and very easy to configure.
> 
> > Not that I even understand one of a hundred of this topic - 
> it's all new
> > food for me brain ;)
> 
> I know what you mean. It's incredibly configurable, but that 
> makes it quite 
> a big morsel to swallow all at once. That's why I like the 
> WonderShaper. It 
> provides a working example that's quite useful to the home 
> user, and is 
> well-documented.
>