[LARTC] wondershaper query

[LARTC] wondershaper query

[Payal Rathod]

Hello,
I am trying wondershaper-1.1a on a friend's pppoe connection on her 
Linux box.
There are a few things I don't understand.
1. She has pppoe connection so should DEV=eth0 or DEV=ppp0 ?
2. Her ISP just says on her payment bill that the speed is 128kbps, but
doesn't mention any downlink/uplink speed, so in that case what should 
be,
DOWNLINK= and UPLINK= ?
3. She uses the net in her small office and people mostly to browse the 
net, send emails
sometimes ftp data out and sometimes ssh to other servers to trouble 
shoot their
programs. In such a case is wondershaper helpful? Or is it not required 
at all?

Thanks in advance.
With warm regards,
Payal

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Re: [LARTC] wondershaper query

[Ow Mun Heng]

On Thu, 2005-07-28 at 15:00 -0400, Payal Rathod wrote:
> Hello,
> I am trying wondershaper-1.1a on a friend's pppoe connection on her 
> Linux box.
> There are a few things I don't understand.
> 1. She has pppoe connection so should DEV=eth0 or DEV=ppp0 ?

Frankly I can't remember. My home box is not with me right now. Why
don't you give each a shot? My bet is it's ppp0. (90% sure)

> 2. Her ISP just says on her payment bill that the speed is 128kbps, but
> doesn't mention any downlink/uplink speed, so in that case what should 
> be,
> DOWNLINK= and UPLINK= ?

You can try some online bandwith tests. I like the ones at
nyc.speakeasy.net

bear in mind that 128 may mean both up and dn speed (symmetrical) You
may have to play with the numbers a bit to get it right.

> 3. She uses the net in her small office and people mostly to browse the 
> net, send emails
> sometimes ftp data out and sometimes ssh to other servers to trouble 
> shoot their
> programs. In such a case is wondershaper helpful? Or is it not required 
> at all?

Of course it is useful. This is definitely useful to make
non-interactive activity such as FTP slower then interactive (SSH)
activities so not to feel the lag. 



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