On 09/03/2009 12:08 PM, J. Bakshi wrote: > Hello, > > I have found that TOS is helpful for traffic shaping. But some guide use > --sport where other use --dport the handle the same thing hence I am > very confusd !! > To get a good response from the ssh running on a remote server the rule > can be placed in the remote server can be > > `````````````````` > iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport $SSH_PORT -j TOS > --set-tos Minimize-Delay > ````````````````````` > > BUT some site do the same by replacing --dport to --sport > > Which one should be the right value ? Please enlighten me. > Thanks > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > --dport is used for destination port for which it refers to packets coming up to your gateway/pc destined for a specific port, and --sport is used for source port for which it refers to packets going out from your pc destined for that port. -- Abhishek Singh FOSS Nepal Community http://wiki.fossnepal.org
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