Hello, I'm new to this list and iproute2 itself and got a question about something I might want to realize: Shaping bandwidth by the use of a Linux pc, that acts as a "bridge". (and NOT as a router!) I'd like to use the bridge-mode because then I could configure my 3com switch to use the ?resilient-link-mode?. It would eliminate the single-point-of-failure since the switch could chose a direct connection to the backbone as a backup if my Linux machine should go down. The bandwidth-shaper shall be able to limit the bandwidth for single IPs or whole (class-c) networks to amounts like 100 Kilobits per second or even 2 Megabits per second. Bandwidth Limiting is explained here, that shouldn?t be the problem. (http://ds9a.nl/2.4Routing/HOWTO//cvs/2.4routing/output/2.4routing-9.html). Is the stuff mentioned above theoretically possible? If so.... could you give me just a tiny hint please... I don?t know how to set up the bridging mode. Another question is if I can address the network devices the same way as mentioned in the how-to (e.g. tc class add dev eth0 parent 10:1 classid 10:200 cbq bandwidth 10Mbit rate? even though I?m using the bridge-mode. Thanks, Gunther Stammwitz My network-plan: (can also be found here: http://www.stammwitz.de/plan.jpg) BACKBONE ---------------alternate /backup route--- | | | | 100 Mbit fast ethernet | primary route | | | | | LINUX-PC (bandwidth-shaper) fast | ethernet | | | | MY SWITCH ---------------------------------------| | | | | PC1 PC2,..... PCn
