Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 12:18:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@aciri.org> To: patrick@mip.co.za (Patrick O'Reilly) Cc: freebsd-ipfw@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DUMMYNET Message-ID: <200108291918.f7TJISr23873@iguana.aciri.org> In-Reply-To: <NDBBIMKICMDGDMNOOCAIMEAJDGAA.patrick@mip.co.za> from "Patrick O'Reilly" at "Aug 28, 2001 11:29:21 am"
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> Now I have changed cron to simply change the pipe config on the fly :"ipfw > pipe x config bw 32Kbit/s" to open it up, and :"ipfw pipe x config bw > 1bit/s" to shut it down. This way my counter values continue to > accumulate - GREAT! > > The problem is that the pipe seems to dislike the idea of running at 1 bit > per second. Obviously this is rather extreme! Any suggestions on how I as someone suggested, adding a rule in front of the pipe solves your problem more elegantly. But what is wrong with the pipe at 1 bit/s other than leaving packets go out albeit veeeeeery slooooooowly ? BTW changing HZ has no observable effect as such low speeds. cheers luigi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ipfw" in the body of the message
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