Re: [bwm-tools-tech] bwm_tools features

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

> >> 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 i=
sp
> >>    and we cant down the uplink every time we need to manage another
> >> traffic
> >>    flow..
> >>
> >
> > 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.
> >
>=20
> So you have a script for this?
> What do you mean to reload iptables? Wouldn't it be enough to just add the
> new MARK rules(i'm only talking about adding new classes and traffic
> flows) ? :)
>=20
>


basically we use iptables-restore to reload our firewall... sure you can
add -j MARK in a script to add it, no problem at all.

bwmd has to be restarted though to load the new flow data


Regards
Nigel