Subject: Re: bandwidth shaping
To: Jason R Thorpe , Yubyub bird <jonl@yubyub.net>
From: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 01/11/2001 12:23:44
> > >From what I saw on ALTQ, it looked more like QoS stuff.  Of course, not
> > knowing the framework, I'd have to rely on people who do, but it doesn't
> > look like the type of package where I can introduce a simple
> > latency... (although I'm crossing my fingers that you can)
>
>It also has a way to limit bandwidth.
>
>For example, you could create 2 VLANs on a 100mbps network interface,
>and configure each vlan to have a max of 50mbps.

that limits the bandwidth, but it sounds like what Yubyub wanted to do
was affect the latency.  those are two different things.  other than
getting a slower machine, i don't know if anyone can do exactly what
it is he wants to do.

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