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From: Stef Coene <stef.coene@docum.org>
To: lartc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [LARTC] Filter for large packets?
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 17:39:48 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-lartc-104343048821036@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-lartc-104340156315484@msgid-missing>

On Friday 24 January 2003 10:43, Simon Stemplinger wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i am using the wondershaper script on a DSL-router-firewall combination
> for several LAN clients. My Problem is that the port based filter rules
> dont match bulk traffic satisfyingly, because many file sharing programs
> allow to use custom ports. Usually a few connections that is not
> recognized as bulk are enough to fill up the 1:20 queue and slow down
> www and other normal traffic. Can anyone tell me a filter rule that
> matches Packets greater that a certain number of bytes. I think
> classifying outgoing packets > 512 or 1024 bytes as bulk should help
> here. Do you think this is a good idea, or am i missing something?
Maybe iptables can help you.  It has a length match option so you can mark the 
packets based on the lengths.

Stef

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2003-01-24 17:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-01-24  9:43 [LARTC] Filter for large packets? Simon Stemplinger
2003-01-24 17:38 ` Simon Stemplinger
2003-01-24 17:39 ` Stef Coene [this message]

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