[LARTC] Trying to do something like the "nice" command, but applied to network traffic

[LARTC] Trying to do something like the "nice" command, but applied to network traffic

[JlnCrs]

<PRE>Hello, i'm quite new to using QoS. I'm trying do to something like what the 
nice command do, but instead of processes, i'd like to manage bandwidth (of 
course) 

I saw examples in the Howto, describing what to do do divide bandwith, for 
instance in two parts :

Considering a total bandwidth of 10Mb/s :

2mb is reserved to one interface
8mb is reserved to second interface.

Both are marked &quot;bounded&quot;

Later in the howto, is explained how to let the first interface (which is 
limited to 2mb/s) to use some of the second interface's bandwidth (which is 
limited to 8mb/s).. It looks good.. But what I didn't understand is :

If the interface which is limited to 2Mb/s uses bandwidth of the other 
interface, where is the 2Mb/s limitation ??

Is the bandwidth &quot;borrowed&quot; only if the 8Mb/s limited interface does not use 
the total of 8 Mb/s ? If it's the case, it's just what I intend to do. If 
not, can you explain me what does it do?

I hope I was not too long, and was clear enough!

Thanks for your help!

Centaure


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