From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Wennie V. Lagmay" Subject: Re: Iptables as packet shaper Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 08:58:28 +0300 Message-ID: <000501c55913$1d8da540$f00aa9c0@winxp> References: <001901c5587b$53a2ff60$f00aa9c0@winxp> <20050514153904.GA24505@bender.817west.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Errors-To: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Content-Type: text/plain; format="flowed"; charset="us-ascii"; reply-type="original" To: Jason Opperisano , netfilter@lists.netfilter.org If im not mistaken TC require iptroute 2. If im already using iptables for my routing, firewall and NAT, do I need to disable iptables for iproute2 or iptables and iproutes works hand in hand thanks, wennie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Opperisano" To: Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 6:39 PM Subject: Re: Iptables as packet shaper > On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 02:51:55PM +0300, Wennie V. Lagmay wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Im using iptables to filter, translate IP address and forward traffic, >> Im >> using squid delay_pool to limit client access per user and per network, >> but >> im having a limitation with the squid delay_pool. I want to have a packet >> shaper that can can allow my user to have 32 kbps during peer time and >> 256 >> during off peek time. Delay_pool is not capable of that. Can IPTABLES do >> this kind of shaping? > > no--bandwidth management is not the job of iptables, it is the job of tc > from the iproute2 package. details are at: > > http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.qdisc.html > > lartc also has their own ML: > > http://lartc.org/#mailinglist > > -j > > -- > "Peter: Wow, is that really the blood of Christ? > Preacher: Yes, it is. > Peter: Holy crap, that guy must've been wasted 24 hours a day." > --Family Guy >