Quality of service is the ability to provide different priority to different applications, users, or data flows, or to guarantee a certain level of performance to a data flow.
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Which set of commands will limit the outgoing data rate to X kbps for traffic to or from port Y? [migrated]
I have a Raspberry Pi, and I'd like to have bitcoind running on it. This consumes a lot of my outgoing bandwidth at times, so I'd like to make sure it never uses more than 20 KB/s for Bitcoin data.
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How can the amount of bandwidth needed be calculated knowing the number of users and the type of applications they will use? [duplicate]
Looking to calculate the amount of needed bandwidth for about 400-500 users connecting to wifi to receive a podcast or use facebook and twitter.
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PRIO qdisc example from LARTC not working in OpenWrt, OK in debian
I need to do QoS on my network, so I've been reading the LARTC to figure out how. I am running attitude (r36088) on a TP-Link WR1043-ND. Reflashed and installed qos-scripts and kmod-sched only, so ...
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How to do QoS for each individual based on IP [closed]
I'm wondering if there's a way/software I can enable bandwidth control on both inbound/outbound LAN traffic between each connected host and the router?
Currently I have a CentOS box running as a ...
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QoS on pfSense 2
I have a question about quality of service (QoS) on pfSense 2
I'm using pfSense 2 to load balance 2 internet line. I want to setup some rules let it work better for VoIP (Skype, x-lite), citrix, VPN, ...
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QoS - What is the 6. Bit in the DS-Field?
RFC 2474 uses the ToS byte for Differentiated Services Code Point:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| DSCP field |CU/ECN |
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Is there an effective way to monitor the load on each switch?
We have about 200 IP phones in our building and I realize we got more complaint about the phone quality after we switched our internet from 50Mbps to 200Mbps Up/Down.
I know there's a possibility ...
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configuring burst with QOS on Linux
I am currently setting up qos to make sure one class of traffic has priority over the other, and currently it is limiting traffic to the indicated rate, it is not allowing them to burst above the ...
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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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Limit OpenVPN bandwith
Is it possible to configure OpenVPN server to limit bandwidth use per user? Limiting either maximum speed (etc. to 100kb/s) or total downloaded/uploaded data per month is
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Slow network with 50Mb pipe, QOS to blame?
My network runs into intermittent slow downs every so often (enough to hurt employee productivity) Lately it seems to be much worse. I believe the QoS implementation from the network provider maybe ...
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How to view qos statistics on cisco 6500?
We have a 6504 switch with supervisor 720 10GE as core/distribution. We do marking at access level on 2960. I see drops on core. So I need to know about something like mls qos int stat, but on 6500. ...
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How to mark traffic from cpu on cisco 2960S
I am writing a QOS configuration.
Does the way to mark trafic from cpu on 2960S exist?
2960S doesn't support service-policy output and vlan-based qos.
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One-way peering route [closed]
I am trying to find a way to establish a one-way peering route : the goal is to be able to use my server uplink (send data) while disabling my server downlink (do not receive any packet).
My initial ...
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IOS QOS service policy pass-through on a tunnel interface
I have some SIP phones on one network that go through an IPIP tunnel to get to the server.
I've setup QOS rules to watch for appropriate VOIP traffic as follows:
class-map match-any class-voice
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Cisco ASA 5540 multi-WAN and QoS setup
What is the best way to configure the following on a Cisco ASA 5540?
I have 2 WAN lines, I need mail (tcp 25) on the one and all other traffic on the second WAN line.
On the second WAN line I need ...
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MPLS: INBOUND vs OUTBOUND Labels
In The MPLS LSR if I have 4 INPUT ports with 4 labels
label:port
11 : 1
22 : 2
33 : 3
44 : 4
and ONE output port
How many labels can exit through the output port/interface? or do they get ...
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Is it possible to limit traffic received by a xen domU?
I have ubuntu 12.04 and openvswitch and xen installed, and I know that limit traffic sent by xen domU can be using rate limit by xen netback or "ingress_policing" by openvswitch.
but because ...
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PIR/max-burst ignored message
After I typed the following police command for a type qos class on a Cisco Nexus 7000 switch:
police cir 8 kbps pir 8 kbps
I get the following message:
Note: pir/max-burst ignored
Can someone ...
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nginx clobbering sftp traffic during peak times - is tc the answer?
This is probably a continuation of my previous (unanswered) question because the underlying cause is probably the same.
I have a Linux server with nginx and sshd running on it. It's on a shared ...
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NFS exports priority on server
I've got a server with several directories shared in exports. One of these exported directories holds home directories, others hold some random data. Is it possible somehow to prioritize i/o coming ...
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Cisco QOS vonage phone
I have a cisco 3550 switch. I have a vonage router plugged into that switch and also a obitalk router. I want to give both the vonage and obitalk boxes maximum priority. I started reading about QOS ...
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Dell PowerConnect 5448 QoS policy based on TCP port specification?
I am working with a set of Dell PowerConnect 5448 switches where I'm trying to prioritize traffic for specific TCP ports/services. In this case, it's a production warehouse printing environment, and ...
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TCP Port prioritizing on switch/router (QoS)
I have some HP ProCurve series Switch. There is a QoS option for prioritize traffic by TCP/UDP port. I set two ports: one with highest priority and another with lowest. Then I performed tests to ...
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How to set up QoS VoIP priority on linux
I am configuring a small network and my idea is to use a linux server as a proxy it will be serving local services to the clients and it will have also a squid server as a caching server for speeding ...
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HP Procurve to Cisco - QOS
I have a HP Procurve with the following:
vlan 4
name "Phones"
untagged 20
ip address 10.50.60.1 255.255.252.0
qos dscp 101110
qos device-priority 10.50.100.10 dscp 101110
qos ...
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Rate Limiting with HP ProCurve 5406 QOS
Is it possible to enable an absolute value rate limit using QOS on a HP ProCurve 5406 switch for a particular IP address on a specific port?
We have a 10Mbps head end connection for multiple ...
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Qos/iptables? for vonage and openvpn? … or something else?
I have a small home office setup. I use google voice and vonage for phone calls.
Please see the diagram --
I know this not the ideal but since my cisco switch (3550) packed up so this is the only ...
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Linux QoS: bulk data transmission during idle times
How would I do a QoS setup where a certain low-priority data stream would get up to X Mbps of bandwidth, but only if the current total bandwidth (of all streams/classes) on this interface does not ...
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what is `qos` in windows network properties? [closed]
In Windows I have QoS checkbox (selected by default) along with ipv4 etc.
What is that? Should I turn it off if I don't need QoS? Does it occupy resources?
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The Public FREE WiFi project [closed]
i am trying to make a server for free wifi access to all customers in my restaurant.
How i plan it:
i have fast server
wireless card
Connectify PRO with wich i will make it as hotspot
so server ...
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How can I block Spotify on our company network?
Unfortunately it's killing our bandwidth and the effect is really serious.
Thanks!
Chris.
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How can i implement QOS on internet traffic in windows
Is there any way i can implement QOS in windows 7 by any software. I have PC where i download data all day. I download all data from one site. I want that when i visit other http site then i get the ...
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Cisco DSCP based packet drop
On a Cisco router, when setting up a policy-map to shape traffic and drop packets based on DSCP (such as the example below), which class of packet will be dropped first: DSCP 0 or AF13? DSCP AF13 is ...
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Basic QoS policy for Dell 6248 switches
My cisco edge router tags all incoming packets as IP precedence 0, 3, and 5 depending on their priority. How can I add a matching QoS configuration on the switch so that packets are prioritized ...
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Throttling Throughput on a Metro Ethernet Uplink port using a policer?
I have a Juniper EX4200 that acts as a router in our remote data center. The Juniper is plugged into a 10 mbps metro ethernet link that connects to our office. The traffic over this link is mostly ...
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MasterShaper alternative
I'm looking for an alternative to MasterShaper, something possibly web-based which could allow me to manage QoS easily.
Actually MasterShaper still looks supported, but would like to understand if ...
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Avoiding QoS degradation for video streaming clients
Suppose I have two routers connected via a 1Gbit connection. A client behind router 1 streams to a client behind router 2 while other clients behind router 1 transmit data to other clients behind ...
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How do you configure QoS for Skype?
On our office network (26 people), some users have complained of poor Skype call quality, particularly in the upstream direction. I wanted to ask, how do I identify Skype traffic, considering that it ...
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QoS on Cisco ASA 5505 by VLAN/subnet
My ASA 5505 has three VLANs. One connected to the internet called outside, one for our office called office (which connects to the corporate VPN) and one for a publicly accessible resource-centre. ...
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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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Traffic shaping: tc filter attached to an HTB class?
Can I attach a tc filter to an HTB class rather than to an HTB qdisc?
For example:
tc class add dev $IF_LAN parent 1:100 classid 1:180 htb rate 19kbit ceil 2000kbit prio 4
where:
1:100 -> Is ...
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Traffic shaping: tc filter catch all filter
How Can I configure a "catch all" filter with tc filter?
I tested with the following code but it gave me the error: "Unknown filter "1:100", hence option "protocol" is unparsable":
tc filter add ...
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3 WAN and a Cisco Router - PBR, QOS, Load-Balancing
I have a cisco router with 4 ethernet interfaces, scenario is as follows :
2 x Dedicated Leased Lines (2MB and 4MB)
1 x Business Class DSL 10MB
4 3COM L2, Switches, connected to a Core Switch (3COM ...
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Whats wrong with this router config
This is a Netgear FSM7328S which we have VOIP phones hooked up to. The phones will come online for a few seconds\minutes then drop, at which point, we need to go around and manually reset all the ...
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A simple QoS implementation with Cisco WRT160N
We have a Cisco WRT160N wireless router which shares internet to ~5 clients. What I want to do is to make sure that every client has equal bandwidth.
The router has QoS option, but it gives priority ...
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How to determine number of open sockets? VM Resource Issues
I've got a MediaTemple DV server. I've been seeing a lot of QOS alerts for "numothersock" which is defined as:
The number of sockets other than TCP ones. Local (UNIX-domain) sockets
are used ...
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Implement QoS/Bandwidth Management or Upgrade Bandwidth?
A question that I'm faced with currently. Here's my setup:
Cisco ASA 5510
15Mbps Internet Connection @ $1350/month
The bandwidth was originally meant for 35-45 people but we've grown quite quickly ...
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Blocking BitTorrent
How can one block, or severely slow down, BitTorrent and similar peer-to-peer (P2P) services on one's small home/office network?
In searching Server Fault I wasn't able to find a question that served ...
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Hardware bandwidth limiter
Really not sure if this is the place to be asking this, but here goes..
Our company has grown exponentially in the last year. As such, our internet connection needs some serious managing and limiting ...
