QoS

[Geoff]

What are my alternatives as far as protecting interactive traffic go for my linux setup at home? One possibility is traffic shaping, but I would only be willing to do this to one PC because I always want downloads to mine to be as fast as possible (56k modem... heh)

There is a QoS flag you can set, but it is only for outgoing traffic. My problem is that I usually get frustrated when I set something to download, drive into work and then remember that I needed to do something on my home PC. SSHing my way in is usually a great test of patience because it takes about 15 seconds before I get any updates.

From what I understand of QoS flagging, it makes no difference at all to downloads and so even if I set priority for SSH sessions, the download pipe is still saturated and thus my keystrokes won't get through any faster.

I think the best option is to upgrade to cable internet! Remote admin of my home network is good when i'm at work because it makes me look busy (compared to playing freecell at any rate! I can see over my boss's shoulder from my desk and GUESS WHAT HE IS DOING RIGHT NOW... muhahaha. he must be an expert at that game by now!)

Good old fridays.

Geoff

[furrycat]

You're quite right: setting a high priority for your ssh traffic only affects outgoing stuff and your ISP's NAS decides what's going to take up the bandwidth coming back to you.

Really I would think the only solution - apart from upgrading to a broadband connection, which is A Good Idea if you can get it and if you can afford it (these might be non-issues in your area) - is to stop surfing when you use ssh. I suppose you could use something like lftp or wget to manage your download and then once you get in you can kill the download from the commandline and then restart it when you've finished.

Or maybe you could set up another modem at home and dial that. Of course, if I was going to pay for an extra line I'd prefer to get free TV as well! Yeah, definitely get the cable connection.

[Geoff]

broadband's the best option... Bill Gates was in australia recently and sledged Telstra over their lack of enthusiasm to adopt broadband and high prices... I gotta say I agree with him on that one, even though his reason for bringing it up is obvious (his latest .Net idea or whatever it is).