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Date:      Tue, 09 May 2000 18:51:34 -0600
From:      "Jim Whitelaw" <jim@pdsys.com>
To:        "freebsd-isp@freebsd.org" <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "chip@chocobo.cx" <chip@chocobo.cx>
Subject:   Re: Packet priority
Message-ID:  <20000510025626515.AAA194@showcase.pdsys.com@dooley>
In-Reply-To: <20000509144859.A37810@setzer.chocobo.cx>

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On Tue, 9 May 2000 14:48:59 -0400, Chip Marshall wrote:

>What I'm looking to do is some sort of prioritizing of packets for
>delivery on our FreeBSD routers. What I kindof have in mind is a
>system that would give non-news traffic a higher priority than news
>traffic, so that news is the first thing to have it's bandwidth cut.

I think that ALTQ might be what you're looking for:

http://www.csl.sony.co.jp/person/kjc/programs.html

The ALTQ page says that ALTQ is integrated into KAME IPv6 and since KAME IPv6
was integrated into FBSD 4.0, you may already have it if you're running 4.0.



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Jim Whitelaw                                         tel: +1.780.975.1534
jim-at-pdsys-dot-com                                 fax: +1.780.484.9239
Pathways Data Systems Inc.                          http://www.pdsys.com/
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"It is best to assume that the network is filled with malevolent entities
that will send packets designed to have the worst possible effect."
                                                       - F.Baker, RFC1812

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