On Thu, 2005-07-28 at 15:00 -0400, Payal Rathod wrote:> Hello,
> I am trying wondershaper-1.1a on a friend''s pppoe connection on
her
> Linux box.
> There are a few things I don''t understand.
> 1. She has pppoe connection so should DEV=eth0 or DEV=ppp0 ?
Frankly I can''t remember. My home box is not with me right now. Why
don''t you give each a shot? My bet is it''s ppp0. (90% sure)
> 2. Her ISP just says on her payment bill that the speed is 128kbps, but
> doesn''t mention any downlink/uplink speed, so in that case what
should
> be,
> DOWNLINK= and UPLINK= ?
You can try some online bandwith tests. I like the ones at
nyc.speakeasy.net
bear in mind that 128 may mean both up and dn speed (symmetrical) You
may have to play with the numbers a bit to get it right.
> 3. She uses the net in her small office and people mostly to browse the
> net, send emails
> sometimes ftp data out and sometimes ssh to other servers to trouble
> shoot their
> programs. In such a case is wondershaper helpful? Or is it not required
> at all?
Of course it is useful. This is definitely useful to make
non-interactive activity such as FTP slower then interactive (SSH)
activities so not to feel the lag.
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