On 2023-11-30, 4 <ba...@yandex.ru> wrote: > we can simply calculate such a basic thing as the flow rate by dividing the > number of bytes in the past packets by the time. we can control the speed > through delays in sending packets. this is one side of the question. as for > the sequence, priorities work here. yes, we will send packets with a higher > priority until there are no such packets left in a queue, and then we will > send packets from queues with a lower priority. priorities are a sequence, > not a share of the total piece of the pie, and we don't need to know anything > about the pie.
But unless you are sending more traffic than the *interface* speed, you will be sending it out on receipt, there won't be any delays in sending packets to the next-hop modem/router. There won't *be* any packets in the queue on the PF machine to send in priority order.
