On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 11:19:16PM +0400, kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hello!
>
> > this: 2, 1, 4, 3, 6, 5. The problem is that this confuses TCP/IP.
>
> It does not really, provided this tcp/ip is linux-2.4 tcp/ip. 8)8)
>
> Yes, of course, it is problem. That's why I did not recommend
> to use per-packet balancing and to use multipath routes instead,
> when it is possible.
For people who want to speed up single tcp/ip sessions, it's not possible. I
have noted in the HOWTO however that Linux is 'smart' about this reordering.
> It is possible, of course. And no doubts, it will be useful.
> Only not ingres qdisc, I think, but netfilter plugin. ingres
> qdisc is netfilter plugin itself.
Ok.
> But it will not work very well. You will not able to answer
> to the question what is this "some latency". If you balance modem links
> you will have to select "some latency" bw*dev_queue_len+<some good delta>.
> It is big number.
It may not be generally useful, true. However, if we equip the reordering
queue with some brains, it might just work. For example, it might have a
fair chance of detecting the 'immediate-next' packet, and send that
directly. For example
2 1
-> send 1 2, sequence matches
If it doesn't detect such a match, just send after n ms. I'm no router
expert, just thinking out loud.
> Actually, link specific encapsulation (sort of gre) could be used
> to preserve order on link. Seems, MPPP even does this.
This would mean a smarter equaliser and 'merger', but it could be done. I
think this would need a netfilter plugin as well, because I don't expect a
queue to modify its packets?
> > # tc qdisc add dev eth0 handle ffff: ingress
> > RTNETLINK answers: No such file or directory
> >
> > I think I included everything needed in the kernel.
>
> I do not know, honestly. Ask Jamal.
> "Jamal Hadi-Salim" <hadi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Ok, thanks. I continue to be amazed by the wild possibilities of Linux
routing.
Regards,
bert hubert
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