On Wednesday 24 March 2004 16:46, Mihai Vlad wrote: > Hello again, > > I have several questions: > > Let's take a real case example... > A connection of 256kbit split among some clients (8kbit RATE, 1500 QUANTUM > - set manually). > I use esfq to split the bandwidth as fair as possible. > > Q1. What happens if the SUM of all the clients' class RATE (+ the > default class RATE) is smaller than 256kbit? Will HTB work correctly? Yes. > Q2. What happens if the SUM of all the clients' class RATE (+ the > default class RATE) is bigger than 256kbit? Will HTB work correctly? Yes. > Q3. What happens if the ISP does not guarantee a "full 256kbit" > bandwidth? > (Suppose that I set my Linux box to shape 256kbit and my ISP provides me > only 128kbit during high-traffic hours). Will HTB work correctly? Yes. > Q4. As far as I understood R2Q means the ratio between the RATE and the > QUANTUM of a class... Which is more "powerful"? The RATE, or the QUANTUM? > (e.g. ClassA---QUANTUM 3000---RATE 8kbit, or > ClassB---QUANTUM 1500---RATE 16kbit) r2q is used to calculate the default quantum of a class: quantum = rate / r2q But you can overrule this default quantum when you add a class. > Q5. The HTB Manual says that the sum of the LEAF CLASSES RATE must be > equal to the PARENT CLASS RATE. Is there such a rule for QUANTUMS? No. Stef -- stef.coene@xxxxxxxxx "Using Linux as bandwidth manager" http://www.docum.org/ #lartc @ irc.openprojects.net _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/
