incremental revisions, proofreading, ready for TLDP
Revision 0.6
2003-09-09
Revised by: MAB
minor editing, corrections from Stef Coene
Revision 0.5
2003-09-01
Revised by: MAB
HTB section mostly complete, more diagrams, LARTC pre-release
Revision 0.4
2003-08-30
Revised by: MAB
added diagram
Revision 0.3
2003-08-29
Revised by: MAB
substantial completion of classless, software, rules,
elements and components sections
Revision 0.2
2003-08-23
Revised by: MAB
major work on overview, elements, components and
software sections
Revision 0.1
2003-08-15
Revised by: MAB
initial revision (outline complete)
Traffic control encompasses the sets of mechanisms and operations by
which packets are queued for transmission/reception on a network
interface. The operations include enqueuing, policing, classifying,
scheduling, shaping and dropping. This HOWTO provides an introduction
and overview of the capabilities and implementation of traffic control
under Linux.