Mark Ivey wrote:
> I finally got traffic shaping working on my bering rc3 machine.  Now I
> want to fine tune my rules, and I have a question.  Is it possible to
> match traffic originating from a certain program?  What is the best way
> to do this.  For example, I would like Warcraft 3/ssh/instant messaging
> traffic to have a high priority, while traffic from hotline/napster/ftp
> has a low priority so that the latter will not impact the former.  Is
> this possible?  How do I find out what the matches would look like? 
> Thanks!
> 

You can use the /etc/shorewall/tcrules file to mark packets based on 
protocol and source/dest port number. The mark values can then use fw 
classifier to assign different mark values to different tc classes.

To determine port numbers used by various applications, you can start your 
search at http://www.shorewall.net/ports.htm

-Tom
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