netem
(introduced in recent 2.6 kernels)NISTnet works only on 2.4.x Linux kernels, so for having the best support for recent GE cards, I would recommend kernel 2.6.10 or .11 and the new netem
(Network emulator). A lot of similar functionality is built on this special QoS queue. It is buried into menuconfig:
Networking --> Networking Options --> QoS and/or fair queuing --> Network emulator |
You will need a recent iproute2
package that supports netem. The tc
command is used to configure netem
characteristics such as loss rates and distribution, delay and delay variation, and packet corruption rate (packet corruption was added in Linux version 2.6.16).
netem
configuration, with many useful examples-- Main.TobyRodwell - 14 Apr 2005
-- Main.SimonLeinen - 21 Mar 2006 - 07 Jan 2007
– based on information from David Martinez Moreno (RedIRIS).