From: DLG <lartc@duen.org>
To: lartc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [LARTC] newbie question - how to downgrade ftp-data traffic
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 13:13:26 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-lartc-101135982016739@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-lartc-101134351014385@msgid-missing>
On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 12:39:58AM -0800, Troy Rockwood wrote:
> I'm new to the list and to traffic shaping, however I understand the
> idea behind it I believe. My home computer is connected via DSL. I
> run an ftp server and I have a home network behind the machine so that
> it acts as the router/gateway for that network.
> I get a lot of ftp traffic, sometimes so much that traffic from the
> home network is too slow to be useful. What is the easiest way to give
> all other traffic priority over ftp-data traffic so that it doesn't eat
> up all my bandwidth and starve my wife's web browsing? Here is what I
> have tried:
>
> I have tried to use iptables to change the TOS bits such that traffic
> other than that to port 20 is given priority:
>
> [some commands deleted]
> This does not seem to move ftp-data packets into the lowest priority
> bin. I'm not sure what syntax to use to move all BUT ftp-data packets
> to the high priority bin or how to move only ftp-data packets into the
> lower priority bin.
>
> This is probably something stupid and easy but it's not clear to me
> right now. Any help would be greatly appreciated. What I'm looking
> for is the simplest way to give other traffic higher priority than the
> traffic to/from the ftp-data port (20). Thanks in advance and thanks
> for your patience.
>
Depending on the ftp mode clients use, data-port may not be the port 20.
In passive mode, the client choose himself the data port.
Maybe it is your case.
> ==> Troy Rockwood - troyrock@rocketmail.com
>
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-01-18 8:39 [LARTC] newbie question - how to downgrade ftp-data traffic Troy Rockwood
2002-01-18 13:13 ` DLG [this message]
2002-01-18 16:32 ` Troy Rockwood
2002-01-19 20:13 ` Martin Josefsson
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