Hi, I have some interesting problem with htb , I set up root class and sub-classess: $TC qdisc add dev eth0 root handle 1: htb $TC class add dev eth0 parent 1: classid 1:1 htb rate 1990kbit ceil 2000kbit $TC class add dev eth0 parent 1:1 classid 1:10 htb rate 190kbit ceil 200kbit $TC class add dev eth0 parent 1:1 classid 1:11 htb rate 1400kbit ceil 1600kbit $TC class add dev eth0 parent 1:1 classid 1:12 htb rate 1000kbit ceil 1500kbit $TC class add dev eth0 parent 1:1 classid 1:13 htb rate 1000kbit ceil 1500kbit $TC class add dev eth0 parent 1:1 classid 1:14 htb rate 1000kbit ceil 1200kbit , filters and queuing disciplines : #filter $TC filter add dev eth0 protocol ip parent 1:0 prio 1 handle 2 fw flowid 1:10 classid 1:10 $TC filter add dev eth0 protocol ip parent 1:0 prio 1 handle 3 fw flowid 1:11 classid 1:11 $TC filter add dev eth0 protocol ip parent 1:0 prio 2 handle 4 fw flowid 1:12 classid 1:12 $TC filter add dev eth0 protocol ip parent 1:0 prio 3 handle 5 fw flowid 1:13 classid 1:13 $TC filter add dev eth0 protocol ip parent 1:0 prio 1 handle 6 fw flowid 1:14 classid 1:14 (note the packet marking classifier) adequate lines from firewall script : [...] # ftp $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -p tcp -s 0/0 -d 0/0 --dport 21 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -t mangle -j MARK --set-mark 3 # ssh $$IPTABLES -A FORWARD -p tcp -s 0/0 -d 0/0 --dport 22 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -t mangle -j MARK --set-mark 2 # smtp $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -p tcp -s 0/0 -d 0/0 --dport 25 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -t mangle -j MARK --set-mark 4 [...] #qdisc $TC qdisc add dev eth0 parent 1:10 handle 20: sfq perturb 10 $TC qdisc add dev eth0 parent 1:11 handle 30: sfq perturb 10 $TC qdisc add dev eth0 parent 1:12 handle 40: sfq perturb 10 $TC qdisc add dev eth0 parent 1:13 handle 50: sfq perturb 10 $TC qdisc add dev eth0 parent 1:14 handle 60: sfq perturb 10 the problem is - all the traffic goes only through root class '1:' #tc -s qdisc ls dev eth0 qdisc sfq 60: quantum 1514b perturb 10sec Sent 0 bytes 0 pkts (dropped 0, overlimits 0) qdisc pfifo 50: limit 5p Sent 0 bytes 0 pkts (dropped 0, overlimits 0) qdisc pfifo 40: limit 5p Sent 0 bytes 0 pkts (dropped 0, overlimits 0) qdisc pfifo 30: limit 5p Sent 0 bytes 0 pkts (dropped 0, overlimits 0) qdisc pfifo 20: limit 5p Sent 0 bytes 0 pkts (dropped 0, overlimits 0) qdisc htb 1: r2q 10 default 0 direct_packets_stat 671 Sent 392890 bytes 671 pkts (dropped 0, overlimits 0) I'd be very grateful , if you could help me with this. thanks in advance. Ratel .at. aonet.pl