From owner-freebsd-net Fri Feb 11 17: 8:13 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from awfulhak.org (dynamic-84.max4-du-ws.dialnetwork.pavilion.co.uk [212.74.9.212]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7BBB3E28 for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2000 17:08:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (root@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.12]) by awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA16473; Sat, 12 Feb 2000 00:32:36 GMT (envelope-from brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (localhost.lan.Awfulhak.org [127.0.0.1]) by hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA00418; Fri, 11 Feb 2000 21:28:33 GMT (envelope-from brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <200002112128.VAA00418@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Brendan Kosowski Cc: FreeBSD Networking , brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: sendmail hogs ppp link ? In-Reply-To: Message from Brendan Kosowski of "Thu, 10 Feb 2000 10:57:26 +1100." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 21:28:33 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > I have noticed that sendmail realy hogs my ppp link, especialy if my > system is diverting email ( ie. receiving and sending at the same time ). > When this is happening viewing internet web pages is painfully slow and > ping delays are very high. > > Is it possible to fine tune the system or sendmail so that the rate of > receiving and sending email is restricted ( therefore allowing other > packets to get through ) ??? Dummynet (as suggested by others) is probably a better option, but within ppp you can use the ``set urgent'' command to make your port 80 traffic skip over the port 25 stuff. It will help a bit, but not a huge amount. > Thanks, Brendan Kosowski > > ------------------------ -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message