* quartz <qua...@sneakertech.com> [2011-11-26 07:00]: > > i dunno what is so hard to understand about packet reordering based on > > priority. > > > > prio queueing is best effort, no guarantees. with more effort (towards > > low delay) for higher priorized traffic. no more, no less. > > > Henning: > > my original question was that the altq directive appears to require me to > type in a bandwidth number in order to even function. you seem to be > saying that I can still set up a prio queue even if I don't know the > bandwidth that my optical terminal is providing. given this, what do I > type into my pf.conf to make this happen?
altq priq is a bit more than a simple prio queuer. you can use the first bits of the upcoming queueing system that made 5.0, see the prio keyword in pf.conf but be warned that the syntax isn't set in stone yet and might change. -- Henning Brauer, h...@bsws.de, henn...@openbsd.org BS Web Services, http://bsws.de, Full-Service ISP Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services. Dedicated Servers, Root to Fully Managed Henning Brauer Consulting, http://henningbrauer.com/
