Dave Gantose writes:
> This is beyond my experience so far, but I will keep it in mind. What all
> might be included in "set everything up" though?

In the program:  

	int tos;
	
	...

	/* set IP_TOS to request bulk-type packet queuing */
	tos = IPTOS_THROUGHPUT;
	if (setsockopt(fd, IPPROTO_IP, IP_TOS, (char *) &tos, sizeof(tos)) < 0)
	{
		syslog(LOG_ERR, "setsockopt IPTOS_THROUGHPUT on fails: %m");
	}

If NetBSD is acting as the router/gateway to the low bandwidth link
then set up altq to put packets with IPTOS_THROUGHPUT in a
low-priority queue.  See altq.conf(5).

If some other router is acting as the gateway to the low bandwidth
link then make sure that router puts the packets with IPTOS_THROUGHPUT
set into a low-priority queue.  I understand that Cisco's have had
TOS support for a long time.

    http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/pd/iosw/iore/iore111/prodlit/407_pp.htm

The advantage of setting up the infrastructure with several queues
based on the TOS-bits is that lots of things start working better.
One can do other high-bandwidth bulk transfers (like ftp's etc)
without them crowding out interactive traffic.

-wolfgang
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