I have looked at ALTQ, but I cannot find a simple "how-to" to get me started. I also got the impression that it was still a little rough-- maybe not ready for prime time.
The server I am putting together will be a production server, so I am sticking with what I know and what I a confident will work. I am, however, curious about ALTQ (others have pointed it out to me), do you have any links or tips?
I am experimenting with IPFW/DUMMYNET for bandwidth shaping, but using ipfilter for the firewall. A little more complicated, but I think it gives me the best of everything (I really like ipfilter, but it lacks bandwidth shaping features). This is for an ISP, so it will handle workstations and a variety of different servers. We use a PCI T1 card from Sangoma, and multiple port ethernet cards. This allows me to create a DMZ (or several) quite easily. The config, overall, looks confusing at first but really isn't.
Once it is fully implemented, I plan to publish the details (network diagram and config files). FreeBSD is perfect for this task.
BTW- for the curious, what I describe is a poor man's Juniper switch.
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I am pleased to see the correct use of the term "hacker". Now if we could just work on the folks at CNN...
I have looked at ALTQ, but I cannot find a simple "how-to" to get me started. I also got the impression that it was still a little rough-- maybe not ready for prime time.
The server I am putting together will be a production server, so I am sticking with what I know and what I a confident will work. I am, however, curious about ALTQ (others have pointed it out to me), do you have any links or tips?
I am experimenting with IPFW/DUMMYNET for bandwidth shaping, but using ipfilter for the firewall. A little more complicated, but I think it gives me the best of everything (I really like ipfilter, but it lacks bandwidth shaping features). This is for an ISP, so it will handle workstations and a variety of different servers. We use a PCI T1 card from Sangoma, and multiple port ethernet cards. This allows me to create a DMZ (or several) quite easily. The config, overall, looks confusing at first but really isn't.
Once it is fully implemented, I plan to publish the details (network diagram and config files). FreeBSD is perfect for this task.
BTW- for the curious, what I describe is a poor man's Juniper switch.