From: Andy Furniss <andy.furniss@dsl.pipex.com>
To: lartc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [LARTC] Linux bandwidth arbitrator
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 10:25:04 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-lartc-106664747121664@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-lartc-106604461315058@msgid-missing>
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.
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-10-13 11:23 [LARTC] Linux bandwidth arbitrator Lanre Eke
2003-10-13 18:46 ` Stef Coene
2003-10-13 21:10 ` Stef Coene
2003-10-17 10:15 ` Damjan
2003-10-17 11:21 ` Brandis Jaroslav
2003-10-20 10:25 ` Andy Furniss [this message]
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