NAME
altq —
alternate queuing framework
SYNOPSIS
options ALTQ
options ALTQ_BLUE
options ALTQ_CBQ
options ALTQ_CDNR
options ALTQ_FIFOQ
options ALTQ_FLOWVALVE
options ALTQ_HFSC
options ALTQ_LOCALQ
options ALTQ_PRIQ
options ALTQ_RED
options ALTQ_RIO
options ALTQ_WFQ
DESCRIPTION
Thealtq framework provides several disciplines for
queuing outgoing network packets. While traffic shaping is perhaps the most
prominent example, altq provides also other measures
related to QoS. The framework has been integrated to the
pf(4)
packet filter since NetBSD 4.0.
At the implementation level altq modifies
the interface packet queues. Therefore the driver modifications described in
altq(9) are required in order to use a certain network card with
altq.
FILES
/dev/altq
SEE ALSO
pf(4), altq.conf(5), altqd(8), altq(9)
Kenjiro Cho, Fitting theory into reality in the ALTQ case, http://www.sonycsl.co.jp/person/kjc/papers/fittingtheory.pdf, Taipei, Taiwan, March, 2004, Asia BSD conference.