[ale] ftp.ale.org

[Jerald Sheets]

For each release that has come out, I've picked up a copy of the DVD on
Linux Format that month.

They always distribute the DVD of each FC release as they come out.  (and
it's not a bad rag, either)

--Jerald 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On 
> Behalf Of Christopher Fowler
> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 10:47 AM
> To: Michael Still
> Cc: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] ftp.ale.org
> 
> On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 10:40, Michael Still wrote:
> > Oh yeah it was pegged at 100mbit/s outgoing. Its a lot 
> slower right now, 
> > but they're working on fixing that.
> 
> Damn!  That was many people downloading from it.
> Maybe I should just create a service where people from ale 
> send me a few
> bucks on PayPal and I'll mail them the FC3 DVD or ISOs.  I have plenty
> of media and do not mind.
> 
> 
> I'm sure others can do the same. for those with little or no 
> bandwidth. 
> But that would not solve the problem of keeping ftp.ale.org 
> traffic to a
> low for updates and misc. files.
> 
> 
> > 
> > On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 10:38 am, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > So was the ale box really using that much bandwidth?  I 
> downloaded FC3
> > > DVD and it took much longer.  No problem though I was not 
> in any rush.
> > > On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 10:28, Michael Still wrote:
> > >>  Well not really. I'd have to find some examples and 
> look at those. 
> > >> See I
> > >>  didn't do anything specific to a certain protocol which 
> is what I 
> > >> assume
> > >>  your talking about. Look at wondershaper and some other 
> things called
> > >>  cbq.init and hbq.init on the net. They're shell scripts 
> that use the 
> > >> tc
> > >>  command.
> > >>
> > >>  On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 8:42 am, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> > >>  > Do you know how I could do this on my firewall on a 
> per IP basis?
> > >>  >
> > >>  > On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 09:47, Michael Still wrote:
> > >>  >>  Its not as clear as I would like, but the way I'm 
> doing it is 
> > >> with the
> > >>  >>  tool 'tc'.  I just looked on the net for examples 
> on using it to 
> > >> get
> > >>  >>  what I'm going to put on the site.
> > >>  >>  Eg:
> > >>  >>    tc qdisc add dev eth0 root handle 1: cbq avpkt 
> 1000 bandwidth
> > >>  >> 100mbit
> > >>  >>
> > >>  >>    tc class add dev eth0 parent 1: classid 1:1 cbq 
> rate 80mbit 
> > >> allot
> > >>  >> 1500
> > >>  >>  prio 5 bounded isolated
> > >>  >>
> > >>  >>    tc filter add dev eth0 parent 1: protocol ip prio 
> 16 u32 match 
> > >> ip
> > >>  >> dst
> > >>  >>  0.0.0.0/0 flowid 1:1
> > >>  >>
> > >>  >>  This sets the cap at about 50mbits/s. I had to 
> experiment a bit 
> > >> to get
> > >>  >>  the 80mbit value in there.  With the same tool you 
> can increase or
> > >>  >>  decrease priorities on traffic.
> > >>  >>
> > >>  >>  On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 9:39 am, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> > >>  >>  > On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 09:34, Michael Still wrote:
> > >>  >>  >>  Yeah I thought they were rate capping the box, 
> but the switch 
> > >> its
> > >>  >>  >>  connected to can't do that. So they're putting 
> the site on a 
> > >> new
> > >>  >>  >> switch
> > >>  >>  >>  within a week or two, but for now I'm gonna put 
> a cap in the 
> > >> IP
> > >>  >> stack
> > >>  >>  >>  itself once they put it back on net.
> > >>  >>  >
> > >>  >>  > Can you give me a pointer on how to do that.  I 
> still have not 
> > >> found
> > >>  >>  > good useful info on OS in Linux.  I want to make 
> my VIP take
> > >>  >> precedence
> > >>  >>  > and also limit SMTP traffic.  If I could find a 
> book on this
> > >>  >> subject I
> > >>  >>  > would buy it.
> > >>  >>  >
> > >>  >>  >
> > >>  >>  >>
> > >>  >>  >>  On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 9:31 am, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> > >>  >>  >>  > Obviously no QoS was implemented?
> > >>  >>  >>  >
> > >>  >>  >>  >
> > >>  >>  >>  > On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 09:23, Michael Still wrote:
> > >>  >>  >>  >>  It should be back soon. They had to pull 
> the plug because 
> > >> it
> > >>  >> was
> > >>  >>  >>  >> pushing
> > >>  >>  >>  >>  so much data it was affecting customers on the same 
> > >> switch.
> > >>  >>  >>  >>
> > >>  >>  >>  >>  On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 9:20 am, Christopher 
> Fowler wrote:
> > >>  >>  >>  >>  > What gives?  I've not been able to 
> communicate for a few
> > >>  >> days.
> > >>  >>  >> I'm
> > >>  >>  >>  >>  > looking for a blazing fast site to get FC3 on DVD.
> > >>  >>  >>  >>  >
> > >>  >>  >>  >>  > Thanks,
> > >>  >>  >>  >>  > Chris
> > >>  >>  >>  >>  >
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