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2006-03-05
2013-05-28
  • Sami Dalouche

    Sami Dalouche - 2006-03-05

    Hi,

    I'm currently trying to setup some scheduling priority for SIP and associated RTP trafic on my router.
    I would have several questions :
    1) Is the DSCP value automatically set by Siproxd ?
    2) is the DSCP value set both on SIP and RTP packets ?
    3) What is the DSCP value ? (I mean, its 0x.. value)

    Thanks for your help,
    Sami Dalouche

     
    • Thomas Ries

      Thomas Ries - 2006-03-06

      Hi,

      The example configururation file says:
      # DSCP value for sent RTP packets
      #    The Differentiated Service Code Point is a selector for
      #    router's per-hop behaviours.
      #    RFC2598 defined a "expedited forwarding" service. This service
      #    is designed to allow ISPs to offer a service with attributes
      #    similar to a "leased line". This service offers the ULTIMATE IN LOW
      #    LOSS, LOW LATENCY AND LOW JITTER by ensuring that there is always
      #    sufficent room in output queues for the contracted expedited forwarding
      #    traffic.
      #    The Expedited Forwarding service has a DSCP of 46.
      #    Putting a 0 here means that siproxd does NOT set the DSCP field.
      #    Siproxd must be started as root for this to work.
      #
      #rtp_dscp = 46

      ==>

      1) Is the DSCP value automatically set by Siproxd ?
      The config option "rtp_dscp" can be used to tell
      siproxd what DSCP value to set for RTP packets.
      Default is 0, which means: don't set DSCP value.

      2) Is the DSCP value set both on SIP and RTP packets ?
      Only RTP packets get the DSCP value set.

      3) What is the DSCP value ? (I mean, its 0x.. value)
      As stated in 1), the value to be set is user-configurable. The example in the config
      file recommends the value 46 (decimal) which
      corresponds to the Expedited Forwarding service
      as mentione din RFC 2598.

      /Thomas

       
      • Sami Dalouche

        Sami Dalouche - 2006-03-12

        Thanks for the information !

        Regards,
        Sami Dalouche

         

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