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| author | glebius <glebius@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-10-10 15:14:37 +0000 |
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| committer | glebius <glebius@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-10-10 15:14:37 +0000 |
| commit | 38df56caf6d7a730ba789f8eeb973a862fc606b1 (patch) | |
| tree | e4207fc5797e52b20f149423ed4e055755f37ce2 /share/man/man4/ng_iface.4 | |
| parent | 6fd3442fe2d3ba9a24f475cbeb31e769aa9f0743 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-38df56caf6d7a730ba789f8eeb973a862fc606b1.zip FreeBSD-src-38df56caf6d7a730ba789f8eeb973a862fc606b1.tar.gz | |
- Note that ng_iface(4) now supports ALTQ.
- Explain when ALTQ should be used on ng_iface(4) and when not.
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/ng_iface.4 b/share/man/man4/ng_iface.4 index a35ba6d..39633f5 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/ng_iface.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/ng_iface.4 @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" $Whistle: ng_iface.8,v 1.5 1999/01/25 23:46:26 archie Exp $ .\" -.Dd February 3, 2005 +.Dd October 10, 2005 .Dt NG_IFACE 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -138,7 +138,24 @@ node does go away when all hooks have been disconnected; rather, and explicit .Dv NGM_SHUTDOWN control message is required. +.Sh ALTQ Support +The +.Nm +interface supports ALTQ bandwidth management feature. +However, +.Nm +is a special case, since it is not a physical interface with limited bandwidth. +One should not turn ALTQ on +.Nm +if the latter corresponds to some tunneled connection, e.g. PPPoE or PPTP. +In this case ALTQ should be configured on the interface, that is used to +trasmit the encapsulated packets. +In case when your graph ends up with some kind of serial line, either +synchronous or modem, then +.Nm +is the right place to turn ALTQ on. .Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr altq 4 , .Xr bpf 4 , .Xr netgraph 4 , .Xr ng_cisco 4 , |
