Re: how to set network io priority for a process?
On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:28:17 -0400
"Andrew J. Barr" <andrew.james.barr@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/29/07, Douglas Allan Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca> wrote:
> > I'm on slow dialup. Downloads of iso's take days. Yet, I still want to
> > be able to browse the internet.
> >
> > I would like to set up something like trickle that will run something
> > but limit its bandwidth so that it lower's its priority.
>
> I think the QoS or traffic shaping features of the kernel may be able
> to do what you want.
I have issues similar to Doug's, and I have also wondered whether
kernel based traffic shaping is what I need. Since we both use
shorewall, which has an interface to the kernel's shaping capabilities,
I suppose we ought to read shorewall-doc/html/traffic_shaping.htm
> Andrew Barr
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