From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andy Furniss Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 10:25:04 +0000 Subject: Re: [LARTC] Linux bandwidth arbitrator Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: lartc@vger.kernel.org On Friday 17 October 2003 11:15 am, Damjan wrote: > > > >> Hi, > > > >> i will like to use the linux bandwidth arbitrator so i downloaded > > > >> "arbitrator6.2.tar.gz" from their site unto my redhat 9.0 system > > > >> but i dont know how to install it and run it. > > > >> > > > >> I will like to use it for traffic shapping and try it for on my > > > >> network. > > > > > > SC> What's "linux bandwidth arbitrator" ??? > > > > > > SC> Stef > > > > > > it's low level arbitration (shaping) done by BRIDGE > > > software not an iproute+tc+iptables based. (Isn't it out of scope > > > here?) > > > > I never heard of it. This is list is for iproute2+tc > > problems/questions. > > Its bizzare how the "linux bandwidth arbitrator" authors have never > heard of HTB, LARTC people have not heard of "arbitrator". :) > > arbitrator has some nice features, it acctually tracks the bandwidth > usage and can limit the big spenders - so its more dynamic than pure > "tc". The problem is its completelly different than "tc" and requires a > number of strange kernel patches (that perhaps are not tested enough). > > I wish I could see an integration of the solutions ... > > btw, this list is about LARTC so the arbitrator still somehow belongs in > this categorry, although it doesn't use "tc". Just to add confusion there's a Linux bandwidth controller called arbiter, which works by delaying acks :-) Andy. _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/