From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 24 09:15:26 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B058E1065672 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:15:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cyberleo@cyberleo.net) Received: from mtumishi.cyberleo.net (mtumishi.cyberleo.net [69.72.129.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BAA08FC1F for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:15:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cyberleo@cyberleo.net) Received: from [172.16.44.14] (adsl-71-155-238-201.dsl.emhril.sbcglobal.net [71.155.238.201]) by mtumishi.cyberleo.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2B38011805; Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:05:14 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <49C8A24E.1030009@cyberleo.net> Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:05:18 -0500 From: CyberLeo Kitsana User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090321) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Morgan_Wesstr=F6m?= References: <49C598E3.80107@cheeze.org> <49C6053B.8050403@pp.dyndns.biz> In-Reply-To: <49C6053B.8050403@pp.dyndns.biz> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ipfw, pf and ALTQ on outbound traffic? (or: "The net is slow when I upload!") X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:15:27 -0000 Morgan Wesström wrote: > Jubal Kessler wrote: >> (To put it another way: When I max out my upstream, and my upstream is >> capped lower than my downstream, my downstream becomes useless and I am >> forced to wait until the upload finishes before I can resume using the >> downstream. This is a problem, and I'd like to solve it.) > This is exactly the reason why I built my own router several years ago. I have done the same with PF and AltQ for the past few years. It is so effective on my 1536/384 ADSL that I now have the opposite problem: a large download will lag both downloads and uploads. Sadly, this is a more difficult issue to tackle without full access to hardware at both ends of the slow link. -- Fuzzy love, -CyberLeo Technical Administrator CyberLeo.Net Webhosting http://www.CyberLeo.Net Furry Peace! - http://wwww.fur.com/peace/