Re: Rate limit in kbits/s

[Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In message <3AB8995D.40BE3E99@xxxxxxxx> you write:
> 
> I'd like to have rate limit based on bits/s instead of packets.
> When the limit is reached i want to decrease the window size (cwnd)
> instead
>   of dropping packets.

Do not do this!  It is illegal to reduce window size; we are having
fun with this at the moment.  Also, it makes much more sense to use
tc, not iptables, to do this.

And you're better off setting the ECN bit on ECN-enabled packets, and
dropping non-ECN packets.

Hope that helps,
Rusty.
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