You have a typo :- kpbs Also, it seems that the parent 1:1 is not created yet. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay Wineinger" <shad@wnoc.com> > > However, I get an error about illegal rate when I try to create a class > with: > $TC class add dev eth0 parent 1:1 classid 1:10 htb rate 30kpbs burst 2k > prio 1 ceil 100kbps >