[LARTC] a couple of questions regarding htb

[rubens@etica.net]

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Serge Maandag wrote:

> > Only outgoing traffic can be classfully shaped or limited.
> > > Is that correct or will limiting of incoming traffic work
> > but isn't it just as reliable?
> >
> > It's just not very flexible.
>
> In what manner? As in no borrowing / lending or as in hard to
> configure or as in ... ?

Ingress only limit, do not shape. Egress can shape or limit, depending on
qdisc/classes configuration.

> > What is your concern, inter-customer traffic ? Or even the Internet
> > traffic can go thru more than one interface ?
>
> No, there is one uplink to the internet. The other links go to networks
> with other customers. But there's quite some inter-customer traffic.

Inter-customer traffic will me limited anyway according to target downlink
(from you to customer); it's a freebie that you probably shouldn't mind to
give away.


Rubens