[Xorp-users] QoS and XORP

[Kristian Larsson]

On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 12:38:34PM -0800, Mark wrote:
> Does this limitation also apply to access lists where
> we are blocking packets on the ingress or egress
> interfaces? I'm not sure if this counts as packet
> handling.
Yupp, that sure is packet handling, packet
forwarding or whatever you want to call it.
What XORP on a theoretical plane could do is
configure netfilter or something like it to do
filtering/QoS/whatnot for you but I don't XORP
will ever actually touch any packets that are to
be routed.

   Kristian.



> --- Kristian Larsson <kristian at spritelink.se> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 11:29:48AM -0800, Mark
> > wrote:
> > > After reading the XORP manual I don't see any
> > mention
> > > of any QoS features for it. Does XORP support any
> > form
> > > of QoS or packet classification on any level? Is
> > this
> > > something that is in the works?
> > 
> > XORP does not handle IP pakcets, and thus can do
> > no QoS classification. XORP is merely control
> > plane software, ie functionality for routing
> > protocols and such.
> > For QoS you need to look at netfilter or something
> > equivalent.
> > 
> > Though, perhaps one day you will be able to
> > configure how the kernel should handle QoS via
> > XORP, but that's far from where we are today.
> > 
> >   Kristian.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Kristian Larsson                                  
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Kristian Larsson                                   KLL-RIPE
Network Engineer                      Net at Once [AS35706]
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