From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270444AbTGWQrR (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2003 12:47:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270452AbTGWQrR (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2003 12:47:17 -0400 Received: from pcp701542pcs.bowie01.md.comcast.net ([68.50.82.18]:52335 "EHLO lucifer.gotontheinter.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270444AbTGWQrO (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2003 12:47:14 -0400 Subject: Re: Feature proposal (scheduling related) From: Disconnect To: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20030723151321.GC29384@wind.cocodriloo.com> References: <3F1E6A25.5030308@gmx.net> <200307231417.h6NEHoqj010244@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <1058970206.5520.71.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20030723151321.GC29384@wind.cocodriloo.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1058979335.1192.78.camel@slappy> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 Date: 23 Jul 2003 12:55:35 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Alternately, openbsd can do a similar thing with great results (although I haven't tried it over serial/pppd.) And it works reasonably well even when done on only one end. http://www.benzedrine.cx/ackpri.html On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 11:13, Antonio Vargas wrote: > You need QoS at the router level to resolve this. Since you are > running your own routers to connect your ethernet segments, QoS > should be done at both ends of the connection. If it's available > on your distro, try wondershaper, it's a nice script which you tell > your upstream and downstream rates and then it adjusts QoS parameters > to provide great response. The most important thing is that it prioritises > ACK packets above everything else. This helps a lot when there is heavy > traffic (FTP for example) in both directions at the same time. -- Disconnect