## Maarten de Vries ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I could do with some hints regarding traffic shaping. My homenetwork is > hooked up to an assymetrical (1536/256) ADSL line, using a FreeBSD 4.6 > system which provides the usual NAT/Gateway/Firewall services. I'm using > dummynet to control the amount of bandwidth used by certain hosts on the > network, which all works fine. However, I still suffer from latency when the > maximum up- and/or downstream of the line is being utilized. If I understand > it well, this happens because the buffer in the ADSL modem fills up > completely at those occasions. Is there anyway to prevent this from > happening?
Limit the maximum usage of your line to about 90% to 95%. This prevents usage of the queue in your modem. However, this will not work if queueing on the remote side is the problem (bulk transfers like downloads come to mind); you are out of luck if the queue on the remote side is too long. Regards, cmt -- Spare Space To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
