RE: [SLUG] Priority of network traffic

[DaZZa]

On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Jill Rowling wrote:

> It occurs to me that if you run in.telnetd at a higher priority than normal
> (when called up by inetd for example) then all the telnet sessions should
> get a better look in.
> man nice(1).

That prioritises the _process_, not the link. The link can still be
flooded regardless of the priority of the process on the remote machine.

What he needs is some form of traffic shaping. I know how to do it with
Cisco routers, but not with IPChains. :)

DaZZa



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