Traffic shaping... don't understand the instructions!

[Rodolfo J. Paiz]

At 10:49 AM 7/9/2004, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> > Since I really want to understand this better
> > I'll likely take a couple of weeks to play with it
> >
>
>Ahh.. Shoot. Oh well. I understand.

The problem is that I'm leaving Sunday for one week's vacation, and I 
really don't want to introduce any new factors to the building's firewall 
before I leave. I will also likely be out of touch (both phone and email) 
for the entire week, so very low odds that I can follow along on any 
discussions.

>integrate Wondershaper into it. So, you'll get the nice ACKS and TOS for
>interactive traffic.)
>
>I'm not sure if I can do it, but maybe, I want to integrate RED/GRED
>algorithm into the script and maybe that will get you better Inbound
>Traffic control as well.

I suggest you create several versions. First keep the very simple one and 
maybe improve/optimize it. Then create a slightly more complex one with 
Wondershaper integrated, and improve/optimize that one. Finally, create a 
third with RED/GRED integrated. Having all three versions will allow your 
HOWTO to offer users a choice of power/complexity vs. ease of use, and 
evolving from simple to complex will also make it easier for you to debug 
everything.

> > on a toy firewall before I hit my production box with it.
>Man.. I wish I was you and have a couple of machines to play around wit.

Find friends who are getting rid of very old boxes. I've just gotten (last 
week) two new toy boxes: Pentium/Pro 200MHz with 64MB RAM and 1.2GB disks. 
My previous two toy boxes were P/133 with 64MB RAM and 1GB disks. But no 
normal Windows person has any real use for a P/Pro these days, nor likely 
for a P2 either! As far as Windows users are concerned, those boxes are 
garbage or charity. :-)

>Check back later. (maybe after the weekend is over, I might have a new
>script for you.)

No hurry, my friend... I'll check it when I come back. <grin>

Cheers,


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Rodolfo J. Paiz
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