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Re: [PLUG] regulating network traffic
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Or perhaps it has something to do with the router running PPPOE to a modem in "bridge" mode.
----- Original Message ----
> From: edmond rodriguez <erodrig_97@yahoo.com>
> To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 2:26:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] regulating network traffic
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> I'm fairly convinced that when it comes to incoming data, Qos does nothing
> really. I have read this a few times on web sites. That it works only for
> outgoing data. Again, I am hardly a pro at this kind of stuff, but here is a
> test I ran.
>
> To omit the many many variables for testing (ie: trying to control port
> numbers), I set up the router to prioritize the ethernet ports on the router.
> #1 low, and #2 high. I put two ftp's on a machine on #1 and ran a torrent on
> the machine #2. The speeds fluctuated quite a bit as they battled for
> bandwidth, but it seems to me that it was basically divided in half. It's hard
> to tell of course. But if machine 2 can download alone at 80KB/s, it just drops
> back to around 40 or 50. Sometimes 60. This is about half.
>
> I reversed the priorities and tried again. The results were mostly the same.
>
> I don't think the Qos stuff set in the router gets to propogate and be honored
> at my provider.
>
> Well, this is getting complicated fast!
>
> Edmond
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> ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Robert Spangler
> > To: bergman@merctech.com; Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List
>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 10:03:40 PM
> > Subject: Re: [PLUG] regulating network traffic
> >
> > On Tuesday 23 December 2008 13:47, bergman@merctech.com wrote:
> >
> > >> In terms of a router user interface, what exactly is meant by "outgoing
> > >> port". For example, if I run an http application on my machine, it may
> > >> go into my router at port 1024, go out of the router at port 1030, and
> > >> head for the destination machine (web server) to port 80. Is the outgoing
> > >> port (in terms of a router manual or the router's GUI user interface)
> > >> 1024, 1030, or 80
> > >
> > > It doesn't matter...most applications use "random"
> > > high-numbered (above 1024) ports for outgoing connections. You can
> > > configure some programs to use fixed outgoing ports (in which case, you'd
> > > know what they are).
> >
> > Not sure how you configure your firewall/routes but outgoing port is the
> > Destination port. Theses are not random. The only port that should be random
> > is the Source Port.
> >
> > You should be basing your Firewall/QOS service on the Destination Ports not
> > the Source Ports.
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Regards
> > Robert
> >
> > Linux User #296285
> > http://counter.li.org
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