On Friday 24 January 2003 10:43, Simon Stemplinger wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i am using the wondershaper script on a DSL-router-firewall combination
> for several LAN clients. My Problem is that the port based filter rules
> dont match bulk traffic satisfyingly, because many file sharing programs
> allow to use custom ports. Usually a few connections that is not
> recognized as bulk are enough to fill up the 1:20 queue and slow down
> www and other normal traffic. Can anyone tell me a filter rule that
> matches Packets greater that a certain number of bytes. I think
> classifying outgoing packets > 512 or 1024 bytes as bulk should help
> here. Do you think this is a good idea, or am i missing something?
Maybe iptables can help you. It has a length match option so you can mark the
packets based on the lengths.
Stef
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