Re: tbf : rate and effective speed (newbie)

[Andrea Rossato <mailing_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paolo Poletti wrote:
> # tc qdisc add dev eth0 root tbf rate 10kbit latency 50ms burst 1000
>
> Then i've tried to transfer a big (20 Mbyte) file onto my lan, using ftp 
> and the client (ncftp) is saying that the average transfer speed is 
> 39.71 kB ( around 400 kbit). What i'm missing ?
you are shaping outgoing traffic: so if you want to give it a try you 
must upload!
to shape incoming traffic you need either ingress qdisc or IMQ : have a 
look at LARTC.
you are downloading at 300kbit, by the way: 39.71*8

bye
andrea

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