Re: Request to change Shorewall to include the tc-stab parameters "overhead" and "linklayer"

On 6/11/12 1:33 PM, Fog_Watch wrote:
> Hello
> 
> man 8 tc-stab documents some cool features of tc that I would like to
> use.  Namely, with "overhead" and "linklayer" I would be able to
> accurately control traffic over my ADSL link.  Without overhead and
> linklayer, traffic control becomes much less efficient, particularly for
> small packet users like me.
> 
> An example of the use of overhead and linklayer is the "qos script by
> TomVH" (https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?pid=154533#p154533).
> 
> I would like to continue to maintain my firewall with Shorewall *and*
> use the overhead and linklayer parameters as part of my traffic
> control.  I could achieve this now if I wrote my
> own /etc/shorewall/tcstart.  However, that approach would at an
> absolute best be lengthy and error prone.  Hence, would it be possible
> to change Shorewall to be able specify my own overhead and linklayer
> values?

Shorewall 4.5.6 Beta 1 will support these parameters.

Regards,
-Tom
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