[PLUG] IP packet prioritizing

[Eric Pratt]

Thanks!!  This works somewhat.  It is still a problem, but there is a
noticeable difference.  I will check out what Matt said about the new
kernel sometime in the near future and see what's up with it.

Eric

On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Eric Pratt wrote:

> 
> I am running redhat 6.2 using the script found at:
> 
> http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/tips/firewall/firewallservice.html
> 
> I do have ipmasqadm installed and am using it for port forwarding.
> 
> I want to know if there is a way to set my system to prioritize all
> incoming and outgoing packets.  For instance, if my roomate is taking all
> of my bandwidth downloading crap, I cannot even get decent response time
> from a telnet session.  I want to be able to prioritize all packets
> regarding telnet, rlogin, rsh, and ssh.  Basically I want to be able to
> have my firewall give those packets listed above the highest priority so
> that all other packets such as ftp and http related stop and wait for the
> telnet/ssh/etc... packets to be sent and/or recieved.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Eric
> 
> 
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