From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 2 17:10:51 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA78237B401 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 17:10:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from util.inch.com (ns.inch.com [216.223.192.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F35E443F75 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 17:10:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from spork@inch.com) Received: from shell.inch.com (www.inch.com [216.223.192.20]) h530AlUs075102; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 20:10:47 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from spork@inch.com) Received: from shell.inch.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by shell.inch.com (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h530AjSM023465; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 20:10:45 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from spork@inch.com) Received: from localhost (spork@localhost)h530AU4b023457; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 20:10:45 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: shell.inch.com: spork owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 20:10:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Sprickman To: bigtruck@ownij.com In-Reply-To: <1054583721.3edbaba959c81@webmail.ownij.com> Message-ID: <20030602200453.S64514@shell.inch.com> References: <1054583721.3edbaba959c81@webmail.ownij.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.8-Stable DummyNet X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 00:10:51 -0000 Have you looked at the altq stuff at all? It's a bit more sophisticated than dummynet, and can likely do what you need. Charles -- Charles Sprickman spork@inch.com On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 bigtruck@ownij.com wrote: > Hi. We just opened a gaming center and have chosen to run a FreeBsd box for > our firewall. IPFW is configured at it's very basic running natd through rl0 > and allowing any to any connections from the lan to the outer world. Natd > controls access to the lan. > > We have a 6.0 mb/s ADSL net connection for all the gaming clients to use, > however if a gamer starts downloading a file, that file takes precendence and > causes everyone's pings 'in-game' to sky rocket to unplayable levels. I have > done some reading on DummyNet which is attached at the hip with IPFW, however I > have been unsuccessful in getting it to work properly. > > I have done some research and found this site: > http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/ip_dummynet/ > > After reading I became more confused than before. Should I share the link as a > whole to all 64 client machines OR should I set a fixed BW for all client > machines. Are there other websites out there that can help with this? > > Also if and when I do find a working pipe/queue config do I put it before the > natd via rl0 command or after? > > Thanks. > > > > Mike Purcell > Aka BigTrucK > Ownij Digital Entertainment > Betta Axe Somebody! > www.ownij.com > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >