Re: [TCLUG:12053] traffic shaper

[Adam Maloney <adam@iexposure.com>]

If you're using proc, look under /proc (/proc/net)

"Eric M. Hopper" wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2000 at 12:35:35PM -0600, Dave Sherman wrote:
> > I can attach shaper0 to either eth0 or eth1, but not both at the same
> > time. I checked /var/log/messages, and found an error stating that
> > device shaper1 did not exist (this was when I tried attaching shaper1
> > to eth1, after attaching shaper0 to eth0). When I try to attach
> > shaper0 to eth1 while it is already attached to eth0, I get the
> > message
> >
> >       shaper: Device or resource busy
> >
> > So I guess it only wants to attach to one device at a time. Actually,
> > though, since I really only care about capping the download bandwidth,
> > attaching to eth0 should be all I need. This box is a firewall to my
> > lan, with eth1 connected to a T1, and eth0 to our internal hub. So if
> > the output from eth0 is capped, that should effectively cap my users'
> > download bandwidth. I hope. Sound good to you?
> 
>         This is an odd idea, and I have no clue if it'll actually work,
> but...
> 
>         Well, looking at the manual and playing with it a bit indicates
> that it won't, but here's the idea anyway.  Look for the device in the
> /dev directory and use mknod to make another with a different minor
> number and see what happens.  :-)
> 
>         Why ever aren't all the devices you have in the /dev directory
> somewhere?  I thought that one of the tenets of the UNIX design
> philosophy is that everything is a file.
> 
> Have fun (if at all possible),
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Adam Maloney
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Internet Exposure, Inc.