After digging, strace´ing ... etc I found that the common error with eg.: # tc qdisc add dev eth0 handle ffff: ingress RTNETLINK answers: No such file or directory is due to *iproute2* tool default configuration (and most iproute precompiled packages) in addition to correct kernel setup. You must change in iproute2/Config: TC_CONFIG_DIFFSERV=y and recompile, etc ... Regards... --Juanjo