[olug] Traffic prioritization

Phil Brutsche phil at brutsche.us
Mon Mar 9 15:53:25 UTC 2009


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Obi-Wan wrote:
> Is there a good way, preferably using my existing firewall box, to
> prioritize traffic by port or IP without strictly limiting the bandwidth
> if nothing else is contending for it?
> 
> For example, I want IMAP/SMTP to have top priority, followed by
> interactive SSH, followed by incoming HTTP, followed by outgoing
> HTTP, followed by SSH-copy (different port).  However, if the SSH-copy
> is the only thing happening, I want to allow it to use my entire pipe.
> 
> Any suggestions?

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Phil Brutsche
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