Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:14:53 -0600 From: Brian John <brianjohn@fusemail.com> To: Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can I set priorities for file transfers Message-ID: <41EF303D.9020907@fusemail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050118153740.30aab22d.flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> References: <3659.209.87.176.132.1106058238.fusewebmail-19592@www.fusemail.com> <20050118153740.30aab22d.flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org>
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Miguel Mendez wrote: >On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 08:23:58 -0600 (CST) >"Brian John" <brianjohn@fusemail.com> wrote: > >Hi, > > > >>Hello, >>I have (I think) kind of a unique question. I leave my home computer >>on all day and transfer and share files via a P2P application. >>However, sometimes I like to ssh in from work and transfer files >>between my work PC and my home PC via scp. Right now it is really >>slow because it is transferring so much with the P2P apps, that it >>uses up all of my bandwidth. Is there any way that I can put a >>priority on this so that it gives me the majority of my bandwidth when >>I want to use scp? >> >> > >The first thing I'd do is throttle the upload on your p2p program, so >you don't eat all your b/w. You don't mention which p2p it is, but amule >let's you do it and some BitTorrent clients have the option too. > >Then you could use QoS, either using IPFW or PF. With PF I'd prioritize >empty ACKs and then create a queue for ssh with guaranteed b/w. There >are plenty of PF tutorials and FAQs out there with examples. Daniel's >page has a lot of info on PF (http://www.benzedrine.cx/pf.html). Note >that PF is a FreeBSD 5.x-only feature. It's been ported to NetBSD and >DragonFlyBSD as well, and it's part of OpenBSD. > >Cheers, > > Ok, I got pf setup. However, now I need to add ALTQ support to the kernel somehow? Is that right? If so, how can I do this? Thanks
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