Would you post a link to blog or something to share experience? I have familiar situation with setting up a home network. So far only Samba... > I am working on setting up a router/server running Debian Squeeze. I have > had > a lot to learn and have managed to understand iptables and have mostly set up > filtering. > > Now I would like to set up traffic control. I have been reading > documentation > and have been looking for an eth0 ingress way to delay packets in order to > control download bandwidth, but maybe ingress shaping is not a viable > solution. > Perhaps it is the ACKs that I need to shape instead: delay the outgoing ACKs > to > control downloads and delay the outgoing data to control the uploads. Will > that work? > > The router uses NAT and has the following interfaces: > - eth0 (WAN) > - eth1, eth2, eth3 (ethernet LAN) > - wlan0 (wireless LAN) > * br0 bridges eth1, eth2, eth3, wlan0 > > (I do not have the wireless hardware yet; I hope wlan0 will work in the > bridge > without problems.) > > The bandwidth will ideally be separated into 4 groups: > - local (router) > - ethernat LAN (eth1, eth2, eth3) > - wireless LAN, known MAC addresses > - wireless LAN, unknown MAC addresses > Each group gets a part of the bandwidth and a priority for borrowing. > > Can I use iptables to mark/classify packets into these groups? > > Thanks lots for your help.
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