On Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 09:47:18AM +1000, Marshall, Joshua wrote:
> Is it possible, using IPChains or other means, to prioritise network traffic
> over a link?
you **must** check out iproute2 (and tc). it does all this and is in
the 2.2 kernels (you just need the two user-space tools)
(apt-get install iproute2)
docs are a bit thin. check out rusty's(?) 2.4routing docs, and the
docs that come with iproute2 - there's lots of examples, so simple
cases (like every case you would actually come across) are quite easy.
basically, iproute2 (the command is just "ip") does away with
ifconfig, route, interface aliases and tunnelling, and is *much* more
flexible. addresses are separated from devices, devices from routes,
etc. and each can have a list, not just one. tc is the traffic shaping
stuff, and you can choose just about any criteria to match traffic,
and then about 10 different algorithms for what to do with it.
the fact that no-one even mentioned them in this thread means i'll
have to do a talk on them, i thought they were more widely known.
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