Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 10:46:09 -0800 From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> To: rick norman <rick.norman@lmco.com> Cc: Alex <freebsd-reply@akruijff.dds.nl>, freebsd-ipfw@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dummynet pipes Message-ID: <20020404104609.A8785@iguana.icir.org> In-Reply-To: <3CAC9DD9.4F136FF2@lmco.com> References: <3CAA0C05.5062D5A7@lmco.com> <20020402120303.A87723@iguana.icir.org> <3CAA5615.21490755@lmco.com> <1182697969.20020403114246@dds.nl> <20020403015059.A92886@iguana.icir.org> <3CAC9DD9.4F136FF2@lmco.com>
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On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 10:39:21AM -0800, rick norman wrote: > Thanks for the efforts to clarify. It is still not quite there though. > If I create a pipe via 'ipfw add pipe n from any to any', I get both no, you create a rule but do not create the pipe. luigi > a rule and a pipe. If I then do 'ipfw pipe flush', from what you said, > the pipe goes away but the rule remains, just dumping the pkts since > the pipe is gone. ' ipfw list' looks the same before and after the pipe > flush. > How does one detect the difference ? 'ipfw pipe list' doesn't show me > anything before or after, 'ipfw list' shows me the same list before and > after. > Rick Norman > > Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > > While I appreciate the attitude to help, how about trying things > > before mailing out incorrect explainations ? > > > > You do not need to remove the rule before the pipe, because enforcing > > this would be a nightmare when you want to reconfigure pipes or > > in general your ipfw configuration. > > > > Instead, you can have rules which point to non-existing pipes (which > > can be a temporary or permanent condition). When such a rule matches, > > and the pipe is not existing, the packet is just dropped. > > > > cheers > > luigi > > > > On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 11:42:46AM +0200, Alex wrote: > > .... > > > Consider something like this: > > > > > > ipfw pipe 1 config bw 100kb/s > > > ipfw pipe 2 config bw 200kb/s > > > ipfw add 100 pipe 1 ip from any to any > > > > > > A pipe gets connected to ip-packets via rules. In this case you may > > > need to remove the rule before you remove the pipe because of the > > > dependency between them. > > > > > > 1) ipfw pipe flush > > > 2) ipfw flush > > > 3) ipfw pipe flush > > > > > > 1) Pipe 1 still has a dependency. So you should be only able to remove > > > pipe 2, as this isn't connected to anything > > > 2) This will remove all rules, thus removing the connections between > > > all pipes. > > > 3) This will remove any remaining pipes. This could also be done at > > > 2 if ipfw remembers you want to remove the pipes. > > > > > > I didn't try this out, it just seem logical to me this way. I hope > > > this is any help. > > > > > > -- > > > Best regards, > > > Alex mailto:freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-ipfw" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-ipfw" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ipfw" in the body of the message
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