[NCLUG] Bandwidth throttling when SIP connection is in progress.

[Scott Scriven]

* John Gilmore <jgilmore at glycou.com> wrote:
> I'd like to setup my firewall to severely throttle all TCP 
> traffic when there is a SIP connection in progress.

Try traffic shaping with HTB.

Basically, set up prioritized buckets, and put your SIP calls in 
the first or second bucket.  It works very well.

It sounds like you know a thing or two about iptables, but if 
you'd like an example or recipe, I can send you one.


-- Scott