Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:41:55 +0100 From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> To: nangergong <nangergong@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Understanding of "mask" Message-ID: <20101123154155.GC48018@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikCso6BoaiaDYYxefXYef9jqPCxdwnTn5hZZXDt@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 02:19:02PM +0000, nangergong wrote: > Hi, all, > > I don't understand the meaning of "mask", > for example, in the following statements: > -------------------------------------- > ipfw pipe 1 config delay 80ms mask all > ipfw add 600 pipe 1 ip from 9.161.150.55 to 9.161.148.72 > ---------------------------------------- > > What is the usage of "mask all"? > I think in total there is only 1 queue, so "mask all" here doesn't make any mask tells ipfw to create as many actual pipes (and queues) as there are different values of the 5-tuple after masking. E.g. for a pipe with bw limitations (say bw 100Kbit/s) each flow would get its own 100Kbit/s without interference from the others. In this case the mask is useless because the pipe has only delay so there would be no interference anyways. cheers luigihome | help
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