On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 18:04, Alex wrote: > Hello, > > I curently have setup bandwith limiting by using cbq.init script to limit > about 100 workstations to a specific amount of bandwith, but I need to > change that to a dynamic bandwith allocation. > > I'm using a rh9 router with kernel 2.4.21 and I want to setup bandwith > allocation dynamically between active users. If one needs more bandwith and > it is available, he must be able to use it. In my curent setup if I have > only one active user on network, his download/browsing speed can't increase, > he will always be limmited at a specific rate. > I also have local traffic (metropolitan traffic - a couple of ip classes > that some sites in my town are using and for which I have access at a > greater speed than the speed for external traffic, the rest of internet). > If it's necesary I will switch to HTB, it doesn't matter, the point is that > I need to get this done and the docs that I found on the net are a little > confusing. > > I also need to prioritize interactive traffic (IRC and yahoo/msn messengers) > and ICMP ping (to impress my boss :-) ). > > The documentation has done nothing but to confuse me in this situation. > Please help me with this!
I hope I don't get flamed for this, but here we go... Your situation is a good example of the problem with most Linux documentation. Rather than thoroughly explain the concepts and features, developers are routinely satisfied to relegate the task of proper documentation to non-developers. This often (although not always) results in HOWTO documents that are narrow in scope and understanding. Although the syntax is going to be different, I highly suggest the PF/ALTQ documentation found on the OpenBSD site. It gives a very thorough introduction to CBQ, PRIQ, RED and ECN. I know this isn't going to translate directly over for you, but hopefully it will explain matters enough that it will give you a better idea of how to proceed. http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/queueing.html -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
