Re: [LARTC] bandwidth control question.

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Yes,

You can use tc on a bridge.  See also this thread:

  http://mailman.ds9a.nl/pipermail/lartc/2003q1/007378.html

If you are just going to perform traffic control, and you don't need to
use iptables, you don't need the bridge+nf functionality.

Add your filters to the "real" devices, not br0.

-Martin

 : I'm looking for a way to limit bandwidth to/from clients using a
 : contended 2Mb link. What I'm looking for is to allow a client machine to
 : use the full 2Mb but only if there is no traffic to/from other clients.
 : I've been looking at htb.init and cbq.init, and believe that the BURST
 : used in htb.init will allow what I need.
 :
 : I'm looking to put in place something like:
 : 			------------------
 : 			|   Router	 |
 : 			------------------
 : 				|
 : 			------------------
 : 			|    Bridge	 |
 : 			------------------
 : 				|
 : 			------------------
 : 			|    Switch	 |
 : 			------------------
 : 				|
 : 			 Various servers
 :
 : Am I right in thinking that I'll be able to use tc within the bridge ?
 :
 : Regards,
 : Jon
 :
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-- 
Martin A. Brown --- SecurePipe, Inc. --- mabrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx



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