Hi tthanks, if the IMQ used, then if its keep queing the packets and send and receive. how about the performance, if like 2000 users or more connection. and latency of the box hare ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin A. Brown" <mabrown-lartc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "hare ram" <hareram@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <lartc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 2:03 PM Subject: Re: [LARTC] Need some help on HTB and IMQ > > Hare, > > : i was going through this thread you mentioned if iam using this Linux > : box as a gateway, i dont required IMQ to control ingress and egress how > : can do with out IMQ, can you point me > : > : i have 2 interface eth0 and eth1 like to control bandwidth for my users > : both up and down > > Since the router can only shape traffic it sends, you can shape your > outbound (upload) traffic on your Internet connected interface, and you > can shape your inbound (download) traffic on the internal interface as you > transmit to your internal network. Another way to shape the download > bandwidth is to use policing or ingress filters with IMQ. > > http://linux-ip.net/htb-script > > As Mohan explained, traffic control can delay packets already received > from the Internet before sending them to the internal network application, > thus simulating a user-specified download bandwidth. Similarly, upload > bandwidth can be controlled/shaped by delaying packets bound for the > Internet before sending them up to the gateway. > > By the way, Stef is on vacation this week. I believe he said he'd be > skiing. > > Good luck, > > -Martin > > P.S. I'm thinking of changing my name to "A-router-can-only-shape-the- > traffic-it-sends." I forgot this *again* when I was writing this > script. Maybe then I'd remember! > > -- > Martin A. Brown --- SecurePipe, Inc. --- mabrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >
