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Linux Traffic Control: qdisc mq

On my Linux system I see this: # ip link list .... 2: eth2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DEFAULT qlen 1000 .... What's qdisc mq? In ...
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Resetting a queue discipline back to the default pfifo_fast one?

I'm trying to temporarily set a rate-limited queue discipline and then remove it a bit later: # /sbin/tc qdisc add dev eth1 root tbf rate 600kbit latency 50ms burst 1540 # /sbin/tc qdisc del dev eth1 ...
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how to limit upload bandwidth per user in linux?

Can anyone provide the tc command to limit upload bandwidth per user in Debian Lenny? I found that to mark packets per user with iptables I can use the following command iptables -t mangle -A OUTPUT ...
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Limiting bandwidth on internal interface on Linux gateway

I am responsible for a Linux-based (it runs Debian) branch office router that takes a single high-speed Internet connection (eth2) and turns it into about 20 internal networks, each with a seperate ...
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Emulate Slow Initial Connection With TC

I am attempting to emulate a slow initial packet speed with TC locally on Linux. That is to say, I want the first packet to local host to take a second or so. After the connection has been ...
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tc rules block traffic from some hosts at network

I have a problem I can not solve. The script, which sets the rules for traffic shaping is blocking the traffic from some hosts.If I remove all the rules, then it works. I can not understand why? ...
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tc don't see marked packets

Server has 2 interfaces: eth1 with address 13.0.0.254/24 eth0 with address 172.20.203.4/24. It's routing traffic between this two networks. Task is to limit bandwidth between this two networks to ...
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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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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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Using tc to delay packets to only a single IP address

I am new to using tc and netem. I want to delay packets being sent to a specific IP address. However, the commands below cause all packets on the system to be delayed, instead of just to the IP ...
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Linux Traffic Shaping With TC & Proxy

I have a Linux box being used as a router. It has 2x interfaces, one which connects to the internet (it uses NAT) and one which connects to a local network serving multiple computers. I would like ...
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Tool to monitor bandwidth utilization per traffic (tc) class on linux

Some time in the past, i came across a siple tool that showed live in a 1sec interval, in human readable format, the bandwidth utilization seperated per tc class on your linux server. Unfortunately, i ...
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deleting filters in tc

I have added a filter in tc as follows: tc filter add dev eth0 parent 1: protocol ip handle 6 fw flowid 1:6 This should be sending packets marked by iptables with '--set-mark 6' to class 1:6. The ...
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tc prio qdisc for priorization of mysql traffic

I am struggling with tc prio qdisc for a few hours now. I have read the lartc Documentation, Examples and HowTos, but this whole thing is kinda new for me and somewhat confusing :) So this is my ...
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TC hashing filters - single rule deletion

For traffic shaping I'm currently using a setup that looks exactly like the setup from LARTC, on this page: http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.adv-filter.hashing.html I have a simple problem with that - ...
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tc netem possibly missing

I have a VPS running Ubuntu 10.04 that I want to simulate network latency on. It looks like tc is what I want to use, and I pulled this command from the examples from here: ...
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tc: packets filter

I need to drop UDP packets with specific UDP port number) on network interface (say eth0). On my setup the interface eth0 is part of the bridge. is it possible to do it using tc command? if yes, how? ...
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Linux TC class/filter numbering

I'm currently working on a traffic shaping solution for ISP-level companies, and came to an interesting (kindof philosophical) problem. Looking about the number of endpoints the system should handle ...
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tc traffic limiting/shaping/throttling/policing in linux ipv6 issues

I managed to discover an interesting issue: I'm not getting proper limiting with ipv4 traffic, but instead it works perfectly with ipv6. This doesn't make much sense to me since I read this article: ...
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QoS configuration for a medium ISP

What is the best Linux-based QoS platform to implement a configuration where all 256Kbps DSL clients (all belong to the same IP range) get a guaranteed speed of 200Kbps with single QoS rule?
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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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higher traffic priority for FPS game in Linux

Goal: when running a FPS game in Linux, automate the setup of higher priority for its network traffic I know such tasks are usually accomplished with a combination of iptables (to mark IP packets ...
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Inconsistencies with Linux tc filter u32 matching on packet data payload - can someone explain?

I would just like some heads up on this as I really don't understand -why- this is the case. Further down is the TCPDUMP output (tcpdump -s0 -XXnni eth0 tcp port 80) of the 'HTTP' response a ...
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Priorize linux traffic in same protocol (http download vs htto browsing) with htb/tc

I have a big time reading but i cant figure-out how to do this. always i have a download in mu network all http browsing are affected, i need to do some specific or dont use sfq ? some one have a ...
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Shaping outbound Traffic to Control Download Speeds with Linux

I have a situation where a server makes lots of requests from big webservers all at the same time. Currently, I have not control over the amount of requests or the rate of the requests from the ...
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How do I use the `tc` command to give the 1st queue priority?

Lets say I have 3 queues (# indicates data): Q1: (in)[ ###](out) Q2: (in)[ #####](out) Q3: (in)[ #############](out) Lets say I put all my ICMP packets in Q1 and all the ...