On Saturday 21 June 2003 14:56, Nikolay Datchev wrote:
> Hello ppl,
>
> I'm playing with the pfifo scheduler, its simple, and i cannot understand
> what's wrong. So, i have test machine, with one interface eth0, and i want
> to send no more than 3 packets/sec out of that interface, so i do:
>
> tc qdisc add dev eth0 root pfifo limit 3
>
> And i get pfifo scheduler on eth0 with limit of 3, but it sends as many
> packets per second as it wants, without delay or drop. How can i get it
> throttle if sended more than N packets/sec ?
You can't do this with the pfifo qdisc. You only create a pfifo qdisc that
can hold 3 packets. But that does not mean that it will send 3 packets /
seconds.
Take a look at the htb, cbq or tbf qdisc for limiting bandwidth.
Stef
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