From owner-freebsd-net Fri Sep 25 23:08:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA24642 for freebsd-net-outgoing; Fri, 25 Sep 1998 23:08:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from beatrice.rutgers.edu (beatrice.rutgers.edu [165.230.209.143]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA24637 for ; Fri, 25 Sep 1998 23:08:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from easmith@beatrice.rutgers.edu) Received: (from easmith@localhost) by beatrice.rutgers.edu (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id CAA14496; Sat, 26 Sep 1998 02:07:58 -0400 (EDT) From: "Allen Smith" Message-Id: <9809260207.ZM14494@beatrice.rutgers.edu> Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 02:07:58 -0400 In-Reply-To: ark@eltex.ru "Re: Packet/traffic shapper ?" (Sep 21, 5:52am) References: <199809210951.NAA32644@paranoid.eltex.spb.ru> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (3.2.3 08feb96 MediaMail) To: ark@eltex.ru Subject: Re: Packet/traffic shapper ? Cc: luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it, kev@lab321.ru, mike@smith.net.au, net@FreeBSD.ORG Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sep 21, 5:52am, ark@eltex.ru (possibly) wrote: > ALTQ is damn ugly. I'd prefer to see something like dummynet interacting > with IPFilter instead of ipfw. Not to get back into the debate regarding ALTQ's "ugliness", the primary thing I was looking at ALTQ for was the RED (Random Early Detection) capability of ALTQ, so that I can get the lower-priority TCP streams to drop back their bandwidth when they're getting too much. -Allen -- Allen Smith easmith@beatrice.rutgers.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message