Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 16:46:51 -0500 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: traffic shaping on RELENG_10 ? Message-ID: <5671DBCB.1030709@sentex.net> In-Reply-To: <5671D73E.7060509@denninger.net> References: <5671C78A.4030807@sentex.net> <5671C816.8060004@denninger.net> <5671D153.4030501@sentex.net> <5671D73E.7060509@denninger.net>
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On 12/16/2015 4:27 PM, Karl Denninger wrote:
>> Protect some boxes via pf, and then limit one box from eating up all the
>> bandwidth when doing a backups and syncs.
>> I would like to keep pf for firewall rules, and I would like to use
>> ipfw+DUMMYNET for bandwidth shaping
>>
>>
>> ---Mike
>>
> I use this...
> ipfw pipe 1 config bw 3000Kbit/s
> ipfw add 1700 pipe 1 tcp from {wherever} to any
>
> (and so on.... you can add any sort of flow into the pipe, and it will
> honor that limit)
>
> Works very well.
>
Thanks, I have indeed used dummynet with great success. What I am trying
to find out is can I still use pf for all the firewall rules, and then
just use ipfw+dummynet for traffic shaping.... safely.
---Mike
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