Re: PF + ALTQ - Bandwidth per customer

Stanislav Sedov <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.isp
Organization The FreeBSD Project
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 05:29:15 -0800 (PST)
David Roseman <[email protected]> mentioned:

> Well, have you run tcpdump on a network with 200Mb/s? The function is 
> performed in the kernel, so its a lot more efficient than tcpdump.
> 
> The monitor sorts by usage, so you can see which connection, IP or MAC
> is using the most traffic. When you're getting DOS attacked or have a worm
> you can find your problems instantly. It doesn't show each packet; it 
> provides a listing of each connection, sorted from high to low usage. You
> can also use rules as filters, so you can quickly create complex filters.
> 
> Turning tcpdump on a production shaper isn't an option.
> 

I don't run any shapers, but I succesfully used tcpdump home-grown
scripts to do exactly the same things on a production border router
passing more than 600 Mb/s on a single interface. BTW, bpf filters ran
inside kernel entrierly.

But I see your point. The solution looks interesting. I wonder if they're
using local kernel hacks or specific netgraph module?

- -- 
Stanislav Sedov
ST4096-RIPE
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