On Thursday 15 May 2003 20:27, Tester wrote:
> Hi there.
>
> I got another problem now.
> I got a linux router with 4 network interfaces on whose i do traffic
> shaping with tc tool.
> I'm constantly changing classes, filters and such. The need to constantly
> change them will remain even after i finish testing all posibilities.
> All works fine until the router doesn't get rebooted when i loose all my tc
> settings. After it comes back i have to make all the changes again and it's
> REALLY annoying to do so. (You try to reconstruct 50 or more lines of
> commands in the specific order ;-) )
>
> A simular problem i encontered with iptables, but I solved it with crontab
> and iptables-save/restore.
> Is there a simular solution for tc?
No.
> How do you cope with this problem?
Scripting.
> One option would be to have a script and constantly change what i do with
> tc in it to so after a reboot it would come back. But his way i would
> constantly have to worry about sychronizing the script with the actual
> changes i make and double my efforts.
>
> Please help me.
I don't have a real solution. I have a perl script that can discover a htb
setup. That can be used to recontruct the commands.
But why don't you create a script that you each adapt and execute? So you can
rerun it if your box reboots.
Stef
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