On Thursday 06 November 2003 15:06, Cord Buhlert wrote:
> Hi,
> is it possible to treat incoming traffic different according to eg port
> numbers or source addresses? is there a way to setuop some filters that
> for example prefer incoming mail to incoming http?
>
> i've seen that simply limiting bandwith fer certain kinds of traffic is
> possible - but that wastes a lot of bandwidth if one kind of traffic
> isn't present at a time, not allowing the other traffic use that unused
> bandwidth, doesn't it?
>
> Is there a way to optimize that?
You can try the imq device. That's a virutal device and you can redirect any
traffic to it. Also incoming traffic. Traffic can be shaped on this device
with htb. So you can use htb to shape incoming traffic, but it can create
also extra overhead and increase the latency.
Stef
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