Hi Brandon,
> On Jan 20, 2016, at 15:51 , Brandon Applegate <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jan 20, 2016, at 7:06 AM, Alan Jenkins
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>> No offense to your work on sqm-scripts.
>>
>>
>> 1) It's just in case the problem is *outside* of sqm-scripts, it could be
>> useful to try the minimum commands necessary to demonstrate the problem.
>> Maybe it's unfair but I assumed running on a PC is also a less tested case,
>> as well as the "firewall on a stick" part.
>>
>> Equally, since AFAICT Brandon hasn't had a working AQM setup on this box
>> before. It could be useful if the Gentoo script works, to prove that AQM +
>> fq_codel can work correctly on Brandon's box.
>>
>> If the Gentoo script _wasn't_ working, that's when I'd suggest tearing it
>> down e.g. to eliminate fq_codel as an issue. Rather than specify fifo
>> explicitly, just don't run the fq_codel command (assuming that actually does
>> something sensible, which can be checked using `tc qdisc`).
>>
>>
>> 2) More specifically, you didn't mention trying "simplest.qos". This would
>> i) simplify the setup we're trying to debug, and ii) it might show if
>> there's a bug with the more complex bandwidth calculations / assignments in
>> "simple.qos".
>>
>>
>> And again - I suggest starting by checking `tc class show dev eth0.666`,
>> because it's not a 100% obvious command, and we don't want to miss if there
>> are bad rates there :).
>>
>>
>> Alan
>
> Wow, thanks for all the ideas and feedback. I did indeed find the Gentoo
> wiki script and gave it a shot - basically the same behavior as sqm-scripts.
>
> I’m really thinking my on-a-stick topology is tying things in knots as my
> traffic is on the same interface twice in inverse directions. I have another
> NIC in the box used for some back end NFS stuff - I can steal him temporarily
> to rejigger my interfaces. My goal is to get eth0.666 to just be eth0
> (public wan, no dot1q). I’ll post my results from this - and barring any
> great success there - will loop back to this thread and try what folks have
> mentioned.
Please, before you change the set up, run the few commands Alan (and I
asked for) so we can get a rough idea what was happening. This smells like a
bug in sqm-scripts and I would love to either confirm and fix it or get
sqm-scripts acquitted ;)
>
> We are snowed in today so the kids are home from school - I’m sure I’ll get
> plenty of feedback from them - ‘dad the internet is down’. :)
So I would fully understand if any testing will have to wait until the weather
permits outdoor activity again ;)
Best Regards
Sebastian
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