Re: "segmented" traffic shaping bridge
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 10:28:31AM +1100, Mark Chong wrote:
>
> hashlimit implements a packet based token bucket filter, where as for
> traffic shaping you want something bit based.
...
> however with tc you setup classes for how you want bandwidth to be split up
yep, agreed - tc is the tool for Traffic Control, and the way to make it
collaborate with NF seems suggested eg here
http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.netfilter.html
However, pps limit could be fine as well, depending on your needs: if pps
is high enough, apps using small packets (telnet, ssh, whatever) won't suffer
bw limits; and yes the length module should allow for finer tuning - I'd
rather use no more than 3 classes, though - which doesn't sound too horrible
to me.
Newer kernels (apparently since 2.6.19) offer connbytes, which seems to
allow for same bps control - I don't know how to use it, though.
Anyway, better not mix rate control algos/modules - ie if you use tc don't
use NF's rate control/limits too, as feedback mechanisms may badly interact,
and also play badly with TCP's own.
--
paolo
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