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Date:      Sun, 17 Feb 2002 16:46:35 +0100
From:      "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" <listsub@rambo.simx.org>
To:        Nils Vogels <nivo@yuckfou.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD as traffic shaper
Message-ID:  <3C6FD05B.7060703@rambo.simx.org>
References:  <1013944484.19544.2.camel@turbata.dhcp.yuckfou.org>

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Nils Vogels wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I recently installed a FreeBSD-4.5 system as a firewall with IPFilter,
> which is performing fine! :)
> 
> I'd like to add an extra functionality to it, but I cant seem to find
> the correct docs for it.
> 
> I'm looking for a way to prioritize data in and out of the firewall, so
> that when users access a file on the webserver which is behind it, my
> download speeds do not decrease .. does anyone know any good links to
> traffic shaping and/or QoS possibilities using FreeBSD ?
> 
> Gr,
> 
> 

IPFW has something called dummynet that does what you want.
Switch to ipfw or run both ipfw and ipfilter.

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R


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