On Fri, Aug 27, 1999 at 07:01:14AM +1000, Alan Eugene Davis wrote: > > This prompts me to ask, is there a concept of "nice"ness for TCP/IP > connections? How does apt arrange to have a priority, as apparently > it does, and arrange to have good speeds when other processes don't?
As for how apt grabs most of the bandwidth, I don't know -- how to fix it, I have one suggestion -- the tcp/ip traffic shapers of the 2.2.x kernels. I don't know whether they work or not, or if they will go with ppp connections, or if it will help a system that gets 3kps tops -- but it is an idea. :) The traffic shapers (from all that I know in the make menuconfig help..) should allow you to limit bandwidth usage perhost -- probably not per command. <shrug> there it is. :) -- Seth Arnold Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
