Dummynet in an IPFilter setup

2006-09-20 Thread Odhiambo Washington
Hiya, Since freebsd-ipfw is dead and mostly for spammers, let me try my luck here once more ;) I am trying to prove a point to a customer - that he can save the cost of expensive routing hardware by just having a FreeBSD box on their LAN. Unfortunately, this also means that I need to spend days

Re: Dummynet in an IPFilter setup

2006-09-20 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Odhiambo Washington [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [snip] The scenario: I am running a FreeBSD 5.x box with IPFilter/IPNAT. The box has two interfaces at the moment, external interface connected to the hostile Internet and internal interface connected to a switch for the LAN. The

Re: Dummynet in an IPFilter setup

2006-09-20 Thread Erik Norgaard
Odhiambo Washington wrote: I need to control bandwidth on the external interface only, not on the LAN (internal interfaces). Is this rightful thinking or sheer imagination which is not practical? If you're happy with IPFilter and need to ensure minimum bandwidth for some network segment,

Re: Dummynet in an IPFilter setup

2006-09-20 Thread Odhiambo Washington
* On 20/09/06 11:16 -0400, Bill Moran wrote: | In response to Odhiambo Washington [EMAIL PROTECTED]: | | [snip] | | The scenario: | | I am running a FreeBSD 5.x box with IPFilter/IPNAT. The box has two | interfaces at the moment, external interface connected to the hostile | Internet and

Re: Dummynet in an IPFilter setup

2006-09-20 Thread Odhiambo Washington
* On 20/09/06 17:16 +0200, Erik Norgaard wrote: | Odhiambo Washington wrote: | | I need to control bandwidth on the external interface only, not on the | LAN (internal interfaces). | | Is this rightful thinking or sheer imagination which is not practical? | | If you're happy with IPFilter and

Re: Dummynet in an IPFilter setup

2006-09-20 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Odhiambo Washington [EMAIL PROTECTED]: * On 20/09/06 11:16 -0400, Bill Moran wrote: | In response to Odhiambo Washington [EMAIL PROTECTED]: | | [snip] | | The scenario: | | I am running a FreeBSD 5.x box with IPFilter/IPNAT. The box has two | interfaces at the