Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 14:43:20 +0200 From: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd@top-consulting.net Subject: Re: FreeBSD Traffic Shaping Message-ID: <200804021443.21668.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> In-Reply-To: <20080402082138.29215ikf830zxu8g@mail.top-consulting.net> References: <20080401181836.13596owuuxf9az48@mail.top-consulting.net> <200804021332.19454.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> <20080402082138.29215ikf830zxu8g@mail.top-consulting.net>
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On Wednesday 02 April 2008 14:21:38 freebsd@top-consulting.net wrote: > Also, the reason for this need is that some services use > burst-bandwidth and I have many peaks and lows throughout the day. > This means that my carrier who bills me by the 95th percentile is > having a field day. He bills by the second or average hour like most people? It's not as black and white as it seems - you also get higher average when the number of connections increases, not just the bandwidth they consume. I think you'll find that bursts are best counteracted like this: http://www.probsd.net/pf/index.php/Hednod%27s_HFSC_explained#Tips.2FIdeas This seperates 'downloads' from 'webpages', 'normal mails' from 'attachments' and you can then tune accordingly, if you have/get some graph. -- Mel Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules and never get to the software part.
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