Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 11:39:58 -0800 (PST) From: Jerry Murdock <jerry_murdock@yahoo.com> To: FreeBSD user <freebsd@XtremeDev.com>, Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org> Cc: freebsd-ipfw@FreeBSD.ORG, Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com>, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> Subject: Re: ipfw, dummynet, weights, and ssh? Message-ID: <20020224193958.95528.qmail@web14603.mail.yahoo.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "FreeBSD user" <freebsd@XtremeDev.com> To: "Sean Chittenden" <sean@chittenden.org> Cc: "Michael Sierchio" <kudzu@tenebras.com>; "Luigi Rizzo" <rizzo@icir.org>; <freebsd-ipfw@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 6:06 AM Subject: Re: ipfw, dummynet, weights, and ssh? > I don't understand how this is a bandwidth reservation issue. I simply > want ssh packets to receive priority over all other packets. Does this > mean I have to specifically set aside say, some amount of bandwidth even > if there are no ssh connects at the time? I don't understand the issue, I > guess, of what's involved in giving priority to ssh packets. Is it indeed > a bandwidth reservation issue, or is there no such thing as priority when > dealing with packets leaving and entering an interface? Btw. I'm on a > RADSL that's dynamic, so I have no idea at any given moment in time how > much bandwidth I've got from QWest. From their rep, they said anywhere > from 128kb to 1.2mb. Dunno if that's true or not, but I don't know if I > can simply say to ipfw, "I've got a 128kb pipe, set aside 5kb at all times > for ssh packets" > > Do I have to specify a bandwidth? > http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/bsdcon01/dummynet/mgp00020.txt __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ipfw" in the body of the message
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