From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 21 9:53:54 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F7C637B400; Sun, 21 Jul 2002 09:53:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tao.dizzy-online.org (dyn-213-36-53-149.ppp.tiscali.fr [213.36.53.149]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26B4D43E42; Sun, 21 Jul 2002 09:53:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from guest@dizzy-online.org) Received: from www.dizzy-online.org (localhost.dizzy-online.org [127.0.0.1]) by tao.dizzy-online.org (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g6LGqLct076783; Sun, 21 Jul 2002 18:52:22 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from guest@dizzy-online.org) From: "Dizzy" To: "Danny Carroll" , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: ipfw@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ACK Packet traffic shaping - OR - The ADSL firewall issue.... Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 18:52:21 +0900 Message-Id: <20020721185221.M64766@dizzy-online.org> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Open WebMail 1.64 20020415 X-OriginatingIP: 192.0.1.3 (guest) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG hi, You can use dummy net with IPFW to modify queue (change priority) and limit up and down traffic. ---------- Original Message ----------- From: "Danny Carroll" To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sent: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 00:29:04 +1000 Subject: ACK Packet traffic shaping - OR - The ADSL firewall issue.... > Firstly, apologies for the cross post, I am not sure if this is a > ipfw related topic. > > Secondly, pls respond directly, I am not subscribed with this address. > > OK. The problem as I understand it, is that when you are uploading > lots on the ADSL connection, it will limit the DL speed and vice > versa. This is because there is little room left in the available > bandwith for the ACK packets of a data xfer. > > The question is, can the traffic be shaped in such a way as to give > priority to these types of packets? > > Or, limit the UP/Down speed of an individual IP address so that at > least they are the only ones affected? > > -D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message