> > I am trying to understand the burst and cburst parameters in HTB. Can > > somebody explain it. The docs arent very clear. > > > > I am trying to throttle a 10Mbit link to a T1 link using HTB. I am using > > the following: > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > DEVICE="dev eth1" > > BANDWIDTH="bandwidth 10Mbit" > > LIMITBW="1.536Mbit" > > AVPKT="avpkt 1470" > > > > # Root HTB qdisc 1: > > $TC qdisc add $DEVICE root handle 1: htb > > > > # This HTB class rate limits everyting to 1Mbit > > $TC class add $DEVICE parent 1: classid 1:1 htb rate 1.536Mbps ceil > > 1.536Mbps burst 1k cburst 0.5k > > ------------------------------------------ > > Is this right ? > I think so. > Is not working ? ? Not really. It kills all the traffic...giving me very low thruput....i read on the HTB homepage that on x86 machines burst has to be a minimum of 12K or something like that. Whats cburst ? -- The statement below is true. The statement above is false. ^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^ Amit Kucheria EECS Grad. Research Assistant University of Kansas @ Lawrence (R)+1-(785)-830 8521 ||| (O)+1-(785)-864 7774 ____________________________________________________