From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 5 09:59:19 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE1EF106566B for ; Mon, 5 Oct 2009 09:59:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eugen@kuzbass.ru) Received: from www.svzserv.kemerovo.su (www.svzserv.kemerovo.su [213.184.65.80]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A5498FC0C for ; Mon, 5 Oct 2009 09:59:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from www.svzserv.kemerovo.su (eugen@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.svzserv.kemerovo.su (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n959xGq6073972; Mon, 5 Oct 2009 17:59:16 +0800 (KRAST) (envelope-from eugen@www.svzserv.kemerovo.su) Received: (from eugen@localhost) by www.svzserv.kemerovo.su (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n959xGpH073971; Mon, 5 Oct 2009 17:59:16 +0800 (KRAST) (envelope-from eugen) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 17:59:16 +0800 From: Eugene Grosbein To: rihad Message-ID: <20091005095916.GB73335@svzserv.kemerovo.su> References: <4AC8A76B.3050502@mail.ru> <20091005025521.GA52702@svzserv.kemerovo.su> <20091005061025.GB55845@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> <4AC9B400.9020400@mail.ru> <20091005090102.GA70430@svzserv.kemerovo.su> <4AC9C0ED.3020904@mail.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4AC9C0ED.3020904@mail.ru> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dummynet dropping too many packets X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:59:19 -0000 On Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 02:48:29PM +0500, rihad wrote: > >First switch from taildrop (default) to GRED, it is designed to fight > >your problem. > > red | gred w_q/min_th/max_th/max_p > Make use of the RED (Random Early Detection) queue > management algo- > rithm. w_q and max_p are floating point numbers between 0 > and 1 (0 > not included), while min_th and max_th are integer numbers > specify- > ing thresholds for queue management (thresholds are computed in > bytes if the queue has been defined in bytes, in slots > otherwise). > The dummynet(4) also supports the gentle RED variant (gred). > > Do you or someone else know what w_q and max_p are? > > There's just too much info for me to grasp here: > http://www.icir.org/floyd/red.html http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=126518+0+archive/2009/freebsd-net/20091004.freebsd-net Eugene Grosbein