> > Hi
> >
> > In the introduction of IMQ ( http://luxik.cdi.cz/~patrick/imq/ )
> > it sais:
> >
> > Quote start.
> > "This allows you to treat network devices
> > as classes and distribute bandwidth among
> > them as well as doing real ingress traffic
> > control using egress qdiscs"
> > quote stop.
> >
> > Where and how exactly do I tell that a HTB
> > class should use which phy. dev.?
> You can do this with iptables + fw filter.  Mark the packets coming from
each
> interface with a different mark and put the packets with the fw filter in
> it's own class.

But why do I need IMQ for this?

Kjell

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On Fri, 21 Mar 2003 23:38:17 +0100
"Kjell Chris. Flor" <kjell@mastercad.se> wrote:

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> > > Where and how exactly do I tell that a HTB
> > > class should use which phy. dev.?
> > You can do this with iptables + fw filter.  Mark the packets coming
from
> each
> > interface with a different mark and put the packets with the fw filter
in
> > it's own class.
>
> But why do I need IMQ for this?

Because it serves as sort of a virtual bucket (literally), in which you are
collecting packets, comming from the physical devices, once you "-j
IMQ"-ed them
whith iptables.

Hth,
Nickola

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