Re: [bwm-tools-tech] bwm_tools features

[Nigel K. <nk...@lb...>]

On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 01:54:39PM +0200, ep...@ge... wrote:
> 1. Does this work with a bridge?(i know you can use iptables on
>    bridged traffic with a kernel patch, but i dont know if
>    bwmd handles this..)

anything you can nfmark and -j QUEUE in netfilter you can shape  ;-)

We setup an invisible bandwidth control bridge for this about 6 months
ago .. worked like a dream.

> 2. If i update settings in firewall.xml, and then add the new iptables
>    rules by hand, will bwmd manage the new traffic flow without restarting
>    the process? This is quite essencial, as i am working for a small isp
>    and we cant down the uplink every time we need to manage another traff=
ic
>    flow..
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bwmd needs to be restarted and iptables reloaded, this doesn't seem to
be much impact though... we run about 155Mbps of internet traffic and
sometimes reload & restart iptables & bwmd. tcp seems to recover nicely.


> Thanks for great work on this software!
> I could be interested in writing a web/cgi-frontend for this(to add new
> flows and such), if i get the time, or if my boss sees it as a necessity
> :)
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That would be nice  ;-)

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> regards
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> Bj?rn Magnus Mathisen