Re: Tc does not seem to be limiting bandwidth

[Andrew Beverley <andy@andybev.com>]

On Fri, 2013-02-01 at 13:20 -0600, Neil Aggarwal wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> I have these commands in my firewall startup script:
> 
> DEV=v1252
> IP=a.b.c.d
> /sbin/tc qdisc del dev $DEV root
> /sbin/tc qdisc add dev $DEV root handle 1: htb default 30
> /sbin/tc class add dev $DEV parent 1: classid 1:1 htb rate 10mbit
> /sbin/tc class add dev $DEV parent 1: classid 1:2 htb rate 10mbit
> /sbin/tc filter add dev $DEV protocol ip parent 1:0 prio 1 u32 match ip dst
> $IP flowid 1:1
> /sbin/tc filter add dev $DEV protocol ip parent 1:0 prio 1 u32 match ip src
> $IP flowid 1:2

You're setting a rate value but not a ceil value. Rate values can be
exceeded, ceil values cannot.

You may also need an extra class with an overall rate limit, and then
your leaf classes attached to that (I don't know if that's required, but
the examples I have seen have used that). I can provide examples if
needed.

Andy