Hierarchical Token Bucket (linux packet scheduler)

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VLAN based rate limiting using tc

I have been trying to perform VLAN based rate limiting on an academic project I am working on. The project uses Openflow (with Beacon controller) and the network is emulated using Mininet. The network ...
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htb with an inner gred how to setup filter to reach DPs

I want to create a qos htb class and within this class there is a gred queue. how do I add a working filter for each red queue in the gred queue? what i tried was: DEV=lo SOMEGREDETTINGS="limit ...
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Linux tc htb + prio = very slow link

I'm trying to shape the traffic going out of my DSL link (verified 1 mbit upload) using Linux (3.2) tc, HTB, and PRIO. My Linux box is connected via a Gigabit Ethernet link to the ADSL modem. I want ...
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Defining an explicit parent in traffic control rules

In traffic control, will an explicit parent declaration in a filtering rule override a flowid definition? E.g.; tc qdisc add dev eth0 root handle 1: htb default 20 tc class add dev eth0 parent 1: ...
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Difference between HTB Rate and Ceil Values

What is the difference between the HTB rate and Ceil values?
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HTB qdisc child of another HTB qdisc drawbacks

In the HTB documentation can be read: Note: HTB as child of another HTB is NOT the same as class under another class within the same HTB. It is because when class in HTB can send it will send ...
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how to tune tc rate parameter for optimal performance with htb/sfq?

I'm new to using tc/htb and I've just copy/pasted the script at ... http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.cookbook.ultimate-tc.html ... to run on the office gateway. The reason is to prevent large downloads, ...
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Traffic shaping on Linux with HTB: weird results

I'm trying to have some simple bandwidth throttling set up on a Linux server and I'm running into what seems to be very weird stuff despite a seemingly trivial config. I want to shape traffic coming ...
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HTB.init / tc behind NAT

I have an Ubuntu 10 box that I'm trying to set up as a bandwidth-shaping router. The machine has one WAN interface, eth0 and two LAN interfaces, eth1 and eth2. NAT is configured using MASQUERADE as ...
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Traffic prioritization with Linux htb doesn't work, why?

I'm a Linux QoS newbie and I'm trying to learn how it works by using the docs at lartc.org as reference. My first goal is a modest one: I want to assign a higher priority to UDP outgoing traffic, but ...
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How much traffic a linux-based shaper would be able to chew

I have a linux based traffic shaper (iptables + tc htb policy). It works in bridge mode. Shapes traffic based on IPs and ports (there are about 100 rules in the "mangle" chain of iptables). Right now ...
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Sharing Bandwidth and Prioritizing Realtime Traffic via HTB, Which Scenario Works Better?

I would like to add some kind of traffic management to our Internet line. After reading a lot of documentation, I think HFSC is too complicated for me (I don't understand all the curves stuff, I'm ...
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Minimal rate and default class problem for HTB

I have some doubts about a HTB structure I'm using. My aim is to limit the download and upload speed of users in a local network. Each user of the network has a personal list of domains with a down ...