On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 22:44 -0400, Optimum Wireless Services wrote: > On Thu, 2011-02-03 at 19:38 +0000, Andrew Beverley wrote: > > On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 22:17 -0400, Optimum Wireless Services wrote: > > > I would like to know how can I run some sort of benchmark test on a > > > network that would simulate 10,20,50,100 users connected to see if my gw > > > is handling the traffic well. > > > > > > > I suggest using tc-viewer to see what your qdisc is actually doing > > during peak use: > > > > tc-viewer --iface=eth1 --zero --counter=1 --unit=kbit > > > > > Here's a snip of what the script looks like: > > > > > > ################ > > > Now Download interface > > > > > > $tc qdisc del dev eth1 root > > > $tc qdisc add dev eth1 root handle 2: htb r2q 1 > > > > > > $tc class add dev eth1 parent 2:0 classid 2:1 htb rate 15500kbit ceil > > > 15525kbit > > > > > > > Does the sum of all the leaf classes below add up to the root rate > > above? From the HTB manual: "The rate supplied for a parent should be > > the sum of the rates of its children." > > > > Hi Andy. > > The sum of my users' classes or leafs rate would not be equal to the > parent's. They will never add up to the total root class since I will be > adding rules every once in a while so, if my root total BW is 15Mbps and > I have 100 users at 512kbps each then, that could be a problem. > Hmmm, well HTB is known to misbehave if they don't all add up correctly, which could explain your problems. Why don't you *try* it with them all adding up correctly, just temporarily for your current number of users, to see if this is the problem. > Is there something else to do instead? > You could have a look at another classful qdisc such as HFSC or CBQ. However, I've never played with them, so they may not be of any more help. Andy -- 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
