On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Maciej Soltysiak wrote: > > is dropping packets the proper way to slow down traffic on a network? > No. If you drop packets randomly you will break existing connetions. > If you drop incomming SYN packets, it is okay, but one connection can eat > up lots of bandwith anyway.
yea :( > > I think quota match is not the best way to do it. > > You can not, using netfilter, force the packets to carry less data. > hrmm, no way to slow them down? > I recommend using Class Based Queueing. Please read Advanced Routing > HOWTO. read it, tried it.... didn't want to limit. i have about 400 limits i must set for our 12 class C's > > > (using the bytelimit match). i have somone who is complaining that > > as soon as he tries to transfer mass amounts of data with scp, the > > connection is dropped. he is using freebsd, could this be the problem? > if you are using quota match and are dropping some packets, it could be > it. > must be it :( > Best regards, > Maciej Soltysiak > > > -Nigel
