[Part OT] Traffic shaping [Was: another seeming attack on my server's DirPort]

[Scott Bennett]

     On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:17:08 -0800 "F. Fox" <kitsune.or at gmail.com> wrote:
>I know on HyperWRT/Thibor, it has QoS functions for port ranges and
>Ethernet ports.
>
>I recently moved "kitsune" to an older machine (still enough for the
>small amount of bandwidth I'm relaying anyway - and at least it's a
>dedicated Linux box now!).
>
>"Kitsune" got the farthest Ethernet port (#4) on the router's switch for
>a reason. Why? Because I was able to set port-based QoS on #4 to "Low."
>
>Doing that, I've actually been able to turn off manual bandwidth
>limiting on "kitsune;" I let it do its own estimating, and attempt to
>carry as much as it can handle.
>
>I've had no problem, since my other computers get "first dibs" on
>bandwidth, so to say. =:o)

     Yes, I could do that sort of thing with my system, too, but the point
is to eliminate the bogus traffic, not simply to accommodate it at reduced
service levels.


                                  Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
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