README.cbq
# CHANGES # ------- # v0.3a2- fixed bug in "if" operator. Thanks kad@dgtu.donetsk.ua. # v0.3a- added TIME parameter. Example: # TIME=00:00-19:00;64Kbit/6Kbit # So, between 00:00 and 19:00 RATE will be 64Kbit. # Just start "cbq.init timecheck" periodically from cron (every 10 # minutes for example). # !!! Anyway you MUST start "cbq.init start" for CBQ initialize. # v0.2 - Some cosmetique changes. Now it more compatible with # old bash version. Thanks to Stanislav V. Voronyi # <stas@cnti.uanet.kharkov.ua>. # v0.1 - First public release # # README # ------ # # First of all - this is just a SIMPLE EXAMPLE of CBQ power. # Don't ask me "why" and "how" :) # # This is an example of using CBQ (Class Based Queueing) and policy-based # filter for building smart ethernet shapers. All CBQ parameters are # correct only for ETHERNET (eth0,1,2..) linux interfaces. It works for # ARCNET too (just set bandwidth parameter to 2Mbit). It was tested # on 2.1.125-2.1.129 linux kernels (KSI linux, Nostromo version) and # ip-route utility by A.Kuznetsov (iproute2-ss981101 version). # You can download ip-route from ftp://ftp.inr.ac.ru/ip-routing or # get iproute2*.rpm (compiled with glibc) from ftp.ksi-linux.com. # # # HOW IT WORKS # # Each shaper must be described by config file in $CBQ_PATH # (/etc/sysconfig/cbq/) directory - one config file for each CBQ shaper. # # Some words about config file name: # Each shaper has its personal ID - two byte HEX number. Really ID is # CBQ class. # So, filename looks like: # # cbq-1280.My_first_shaper # ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ # | | |______ Shaper name - any word # | |___________________ ID (0000-FFFF), let ID looks like shaper's rate # |______________________ Filename must begin from "cbq-" # # # Config file describes shaper parameters and source[destination] # address[port]. # For example let's prepare /etc/sysconfig/cbq/cbq-1280.My_first_shaper: # # ----------8<--------------------- # DEVICE=eth0,10Mbit,1Mbit # RATE=128Kbit # WEIGHT=10Kbit # PRIO=5 # RULE=192.168.1.0/24 # ----------8<--------------------- # # This is minimal configuration, where: # DEVICE: eth0 - device where we do control our traffic # 10Mbit - REAL ethernet card bandwidth # 1Mbit - "weight" of :1 class (parent for all shapers for eth0), # as a rule of thumb weight=batdwidth/10. # 100Mbit adapter's example: DEVICE=eth0,100Mbit,10Mbit # *** If you want to build more than one shaper per device it's # enough to describe bandwidth and weight once - cbq.init # is smart :) You can put only 'DEVICE=eth0' into cbq-* # config file for eth0. # # RATE: Shaper's speed - Kbit,Mbit or bps (bytes per second) # # WEIGHT: "weight" of shaper (CBQ class). Like for DEVICE - approx. RATE/10 # # PRIO: shaper's priority from 1 to 8 where 1 is the highest one. # I do always use "5" for all my shapers. # # RULE: [source addr][:source port],[dest addr][:dest port] # Some examples: # RULE=10.1.1.0/24:80 - all traffic for network 10.1.1.0 to port 80 # will be shaped. # RULE=10.2.2.5 - shaper works only for IP address 10.2.2.5 # RULE=:25,10.2.2.128/25:5000 - all traffic from any address and port 25 to # address 10.2.2.128 - 10.2.2.255 and port 5000 # will be shaped. # RULE=10.5.5.5:80, - shaper active only for traffic from port 80 of # address 10.5.5.5 # Multiple RULE fields per one config file are allowed. For example: # RULE=10.1.1.2:80 # RULE=10.1.1.2:25 # RULE=10.1.1.2:110 # # *** ATTENTION!!! # All shapers do work only for outgoing traffic! # So, if you want to build bidirectional shaper you must set it up for # both ethernet card. For example let's build shaper for our linux box like: # # --------- 192.168.1.1 # BACKBONE -----eth0-| linux |-eth1------*[our client] # --------- # # Let all traffic from backbone to client will be shaped at 28Kbit and # traffic from client to backbone - at 128Kbit. We need two config files: # # ---8<-----/etc/sysconfig/cbq/cbq-28.client-out---- # DEVICE=eth1,10Mbit,1Mbit # RATE=28Kbit # WEIGHT=2Kbit # PRIO=5 # RULE=192.168.1.1 # ---8<--------------------------------------------- # # ---8<-----/etc/sysconfig/cbq/cbq-128.client-in---- # DEVICE=eth0,10Mbit,1Mbit # RATE=128Kbit # WEIGHT=10Kbit # PRIO=5 # RULE=192.168.1.1, # ---8<--------------------------------------------- # ^pay attention to "," - this is source address! # # Enjoy.