From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 13 21:32:14 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6D6A16A41C for ; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 21:32:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tataz@tataz.chchile.org) Received: from postfix3-2.free.fr (postfix3-2.free.fr [213.228.0.169]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCACE43D53 for ; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 21:32:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tataz@tataz.chchile.org) Received: from tatooine.tataz.chchile.org (vol75-8-82-233-239-98.fbx.proxad.net [82.233.239.98]) by postfix3-2.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAEFDE399; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 22:44:37 +0200 (CEST) Received: by tatooine.tataz.chchile.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A5B9C407E; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 22:44:16 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 22:44:16 +0200 From: Jeremie Le Hen To: "Devon H. O'Dell" Message-ID: <20050613204416.GJ30017@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> References: <42ADD249.7020709@dnainternet.net> <20050613184128.GA16980@gremlin.foo.is> <42ADD3D5.6080103@offmyserver.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42ADD3D5.6080103@offmyserver.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Cc: Baldur Gislason , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: prioritizing small ip packets? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 21:32:14 -0000 Hi Devon, hi Baldur, (this thread would better seat on -net@, IMO) > >>So, i haven't found a way to make this happen, i googled > >>for it but didn't find anything. Does PF or IPFW have this > >>feature? > > I'm not sure the rationale is appropriate, though. You should be more > worried about prioritizing ACKs if this is an asynchronous low-speed > connection. This is true, prioritizing ACKs is very useful when you want to download with full speed while uploading. But I tend to agree with Baldur's idea too : I give HTTP and DNS requests as well as interactive SSH session (TOS field set to "low delay") a heavy weight in order to have them practically unaffected by a big mail delivery or a scp. Regards, -- Jeremie Le Hen < jeremie at le-hen dot org >< ttz at chchile dot org >