According to the great words of Christopher Kunz:
> ruwen wrote:
>
>> First: Hi all :)
>>
>> Whats the meaning of -tos?
>
> The TOS bit for UDP packets, an optional QoS setting that is thrown
> away by most routers and can be seen as redundant in most networks.

You forgot to mention that it can be used to prioritize the packets
leaving your network so that bursty web traffic does not cause lag
spikes in game. If you use a Linux firewall you can take advantage of
it. Detailed information in available in the Linux Advanced Routing &
Traffic Control HOWTO (http://lartc.org/howto/)

-Mad

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