[TriLUG] iptables preferencing question

[Michael Thompson]

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This *may* help, otherwise I'd google around for a while...

http://www.pcquest.com/content/depth/102110503.asp

HTH,

- --mike

Joshua Gitlin wrote:
| Hey Guys,
|
| I'm using a linux box (Mandrake in case it matters) with iptables to
| share a cable modem connection. Some of the other users use Gnutella
| applications, which hog all the bandwidth and slow http and ftp down to
| a crawl. Is there some way that I can configure iptables to "prefer"
| http or ftp, and handle those packets before Gnutella packets? I
| remember when I was compiling my kernel some options for packet
| scheduling based on port... but I have no idea how to implement this. TIA!
|
| -Joshua Gitlin

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