Re: Have the router prioritise network traffic?

From: Jose Maria Lopez Hernandez (jkerouac_at_bgsec.com)
Date: 02/13/05 

Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 10:30:14 +0100

gaikokujinkyofusho@gmail.com wrote:
> Is it possible to have a router give priority to one client over
> another? if that is router/hardware specific then what are some
> examples of routers that do this?
>
> The scenario
> I have a file/print server and a client/workstation, quite often i have
> a million things at once going on my workstation, sometimes rebooting,
> surfing etc. I usually do the big downloads (like linux distro images
> etc) using the server. The setup works out ok but quite often i can
> wait for the large downloads but want to surf while the downloads are
> going on, slow surfing is painful. When I am doing large downloads it
> brings my connection to its knees. So i wanted a way to give the
> workstation priority when its being used and then balance it back out
> when its not being used.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!

You need QoS. Read the LARTC HOWTO at http://lartc.org, it explains
how to do what you want with the "tc" command.

> -Gaiko

Regards. 

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