On Tuesday 09 September 2003 23:58, Alex wrote:> Hello,
>
> I curently have setup bandwith limiting by using cbq.init script to limit
> about 100 workstations to a specific amount of bandwith, but I need to
> change that to a dynamic bandwith allocation.
>
> I''m using a rh9 router with kernel 2.4.21 and I want to setup
bandwith
> allocation dynamically between active users. If one needs more bandwith and
> it is available, he must be able to use it. In my curent setup if I have
> only one active user on network, his download/browsing speed can''t
> increase, he will always be limmited at a specific rate.
> I also have local traffic (metropolitan traffic - a couple of ip classes
> that some sites in my town are using and for which I have access at a
> greater speed than the speed for external traffic, the rest of internet).
> If it''s necesary I will switch to HTB, it doesn''t matter,
the point is that
> I need to get this done and the docs that I found on the net are a little
> confusing.
>
> I also need to prioritize interactive traffic (IRC and yahoo/msn
> messengers) and ICMP ping (to impress my boss :-) ).
>
> The documentation has done nothing but to confuse me in this situation.
> Please help me with this!
Try to create your own cbq setup and forget about cbq.init. Your setup is too
complicated for cbq.init. If you use 2.4.21, you can use htb and not cbq.
Much more easy to configure.
For docs, have you read my pages on http://docum.org ??
Stef
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"Using Linux as bandwidth manager"
http://www.docum.org/
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