"It would need some sort of management tool out there so that you could throttle certain applications and change details, does anything exist like this for desktop use already?"
This is very complicated even with console tools. The problem is that iptables missing some features to mark packages by a certain program. (if i'm wrong pls tell me) "Sounds like an interesting concept to me, the best way to approach this would be to write a specification on it." Well it's just a command so this should be easier fixed: We must add a command in some startup script so that all network devices use the sfq disc instead of pfifo_fast. Actually, is there any advantage to use pfifo_fast? If there isn't, just add the better sfq disc for all devices without letting the user get so deep in his system. I think this should be fixed fast because many people i know say that linux network stuff is bad because you can't download and surf on the internet at the same time. On Windows the settings are already taken and you can. But Linux can too: With the sfq disc i can run bittorrent, voip and surf on the internet! Without i have to stop bittorrent or other downloads because they get my complete network very slow. -- Add QoS for networking https://launchpad.net/bugs/63757 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
