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Old 04-30-2004
Nicolas Keller
 
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Default Re: Prioritizing traffic: Possible?

Alexander Clouter <alex@digriz.junk-this.org.uk> wrote in message news:<gdrr6c.129.ln@penfold.digriz.org.uk>...
> The keywords you are looking for is "scheduling", "Quality of Service (QoS)"
> and Google.
>
> http://www.lartc.org/
>
> http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.qdisc.html
>
> these should start you off.
>


Quote:
# tc qdisc add dev ppp0 root tbf rate 220kbit latency 50ms burst 1540

Ok, why is this useful? If you have a networking device with a large
queue, like a DSL modem or a cable modem, and you talk to it over a
fast device, like over an ethernet interface, you will find that
uploading absolutely destroys interactivity.
You saved my day, thank you very much Alexander! I will keep on
reading :)

-- Nicolas
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