[Asterisk-Users] Traffic shaping script for kernel 2.6 and SIP?

[Kristian Kielhofner]

Michael Vogel wrote:
> rsenykoff at harrislogic.com schrieb:
> 
>> I suggest you take a look at http://lartc.org/
> 
> 
> I already found a mailinglist called this name when "googleing" for 
> help. But I haven't found that page until now.
> 
>> There you can find all the info on creating a box for shaping traffic. 
> 
> 
> Great.
> 
>> Currently, I configured a P200Pro w/ 128 MB of RAM + 2NICs as a bridge 
>> + QoS + ntop. We run Citrix (highly interactive) traffic, Video, and 
>> soon to add VoIP to the mix. The P200 works great for this. I start up 
>> the bridge as a service, which bridges the NICs, sets an IP for the 
>> bridge (so I can SSH to it and hit ntop from a browser), and then runs 
>> 2 scripts, one for shaping each interface. You don't need the newest 
>> kernel. 2.4 or later has tc. You'll also want bridge-utils for this 
>> kind of use.
> 
> 
> I am stuck to 2.6. I don't want to run a second machine. I want to reuse 
> the server I already use for mail (smtp, imap), news, webmail, packet 
> radio station, internet node (for packet radio) and proxy. Due to some 
> technical reasons (I use an experimental kernelpatch) I can only use 
> 2.6. But I already made the "tc" command work. (at first it made some 
> trouble since Debian Woody isn't really made for kernel 2.6)
> 
>> I suggest you read up on CBQ and HTB and SFQ queueing disciplines. 
>> These should help you the most. The LARTC mailing list is also quite 
>> helpful.
> 
> 
> I will take a look.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Michael

Micheal,

	Probably the easiest way to prioritize * traffic is to use Wondershaper 
and set tos=lowdelay in sip.conf and iax.conf.  This combo will make 
sure that * traffic gets the highest priority.


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Kristian Kielhofner