I have been looking for something like this for some time. Our main problem is large emails being sent out that just stop all internet traffic. I installed this script last night. After modifing the Downlink and Ceil I was able to surf the net while sending out a large email which as previously unheard of. Thanks for the hard work.
I would like to know:
- Do you understand the script enough to use it?
- Does it work for your situation
- Can you come up with ideas to enhance it?
Please also measure latency (use ping and surf) while you are downloading/uploading a lot etc.
Hans-Cees
I understand the iptables portion of the script pretty well. The other portions are new to me.
It works great.
Ideas...not at this time.
Our ping times range from 21-52ms for major sites. It is still eratic at times jumping from 100-500ms but surfing is not a problem with these times. I blame our DSL line for thiese fluctuations. Later this month we upgrade to Cable.
Our DSL is 768/128
I set downlink to 700 and ceil to 80.
Thanks again,
Joel