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From: Andy Furniss <andy.furniss@dsl.pipex.com>
To: lartc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [LARTC] "tc class htb"'s and "tc filter police"'s rate
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 13:25:44 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <41C975D8.6080500@dsl.pipex.com> (raw)

ncrfgs wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> What is the difference between the rate values you specify
> in "tc class ... htb ... rate ..." and in "tc filter ...
> police ... rate ..."?

The rate when used with htb will determine how fast the packets are 
dequeued.

Policers measure the (some kind of average) rate of traffic and act if 
over/under depending on setup. They do not queue and then release the 
packets at the rate.

Andy.

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2004-12-22 13:25 Andy Furniss [this message]
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2004-11-30 16:17 [LARTC] "tc class htb"'s and "tc filter police"'s rate ncrfgs

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