Re: How To Temporarily Suspend Network Traffic

[lrhorer <lrhorer@satx.rr.com>]

Volkan YAZICI wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I want to temporarily suspend the network traffic on a particular
> interface -- if possible, in microsecond granularity. For this
> purpose, ifup/ifdown ioctl() calls doesn't work. That is, for
> wireless, connection isn't get recovered; for wired, it takes at least
> 2 seconds to recover. I tried using tc, but it doesn't accept "rate 0"
> parameter. Neither "iwconfig wlan0 rate 0" has any effect. (Moreover,
> in iwconfig manual it is told that values below 1000 are card specific
> and are usually an index in the bit-rate list.) Do you have any
> suggestions? Or can you point me to some other resource/mailing-list
> that I can consult?

        I have to ask.  Why are you wanting to do this?  It seems a truly
bizarre request.