On Thu, 9 Jul 2020 16:10:34 +1000 Russell Strong <russ...@strong.id.au> wrote:
> Hi, > > I'm attempting to fill a link with background traffic that is sent > whenever the link is idle. To do this I've creates a qdisc that will > repeat the last packet in the queue for a defined number of times > (possibly infinite in the future). I am able to control the contents of > the fill traffic by sending the occasional packet through this qdisc. > > This is works as the root qdisc and below a TBF. When I try it as a > leaf of HTB unexpected behaviour ensues. I suspect my approach is > violating some rules for qdiscs? Any help/ideas/pointers would be > appreciated. Netem can already do things like this. Why not add to that
