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NAME

       fireqos-class - traffic class definition

SYNOPSIS

       {class|class4|class6|class46} [group] name [optional-class-params]

       {class|class4|class6|class46} group end

DESCRIPTION

       There is also an optional match parameter called class; see fireqos-params-match(5).

       Writing  class  inherits  the IPv4/IPv6 version from its enclosing interface (see fireqos-
       interface(5)).

       Writing class4 includes only IPv4 traffic in the class.

       Writing class6 includes only IPv6 traffic in the class.

       Writing class46 includes both IPv4 and IPv6 traffic in the class.

       The actual traffic to be matched by a class is defined by adding  matches.   See  fireqos-
       match(5).

       The  sequence  that classes appear in the configuration defines their priority.  The first
       class is the most important one.  Unless otherwise  limited  it  will  get  all  available
       bandwidth if it needs to.

       The  second  class is less important than the first, the third is even less important than
       the second, etc.  The idea is very simple: just put the classes in the order of importance
       to you.

       Classes can have their priority assigned explicitly with the prio parameter.  See fireqos-
       params-class(5).

              Note

              The underlying Linux qdisc used by FireQOS, HTB, supports only 8 priorities, from 0
              to  7.   If  you  use  more  than 8 priorities, all after the 8th will get the same
              priority (prio 7).

       All classes in FireQOS  share  the  interface  bandwidth.   However,  every  class  has  a
       committed  rate  (the  minimum  guaranteed speed it will get if it needs to) and a ceiling
       (the maximum rate this class can reach, provided there is capacity available and  even  if
       there is spare).

       Classes may be nested to any level by using the class group syntax.

       By  default  FireQOS  creates  nested classes as classes directly attached to their parent
       class.  This way, nesting does not add any delays.

       FireQOS can also emulate new hardware at the group class level.  This may be needed,  when
       for  example  you  have  an ADSL router that you connect to via Ethernet: you want the LAN
       traffic to be at Ethernet speed, but WAN traffic at ADSL speed with proper ADSL  overheads
       calculation.

       To  accomplish hardware emulation nesting, you add a linklayer definition (ethernet, adsl,
       atm, etc.), or just an mtu to the group class.  FireQOS will create  a  qdisc  within  the
       class,  where  the  linklayer  parameters  will  be assigned and the child classes will be
       attached to this qdisc.  This adds some delay to the packets of  the  child  classes,  but
       allows you to emulate new hardware.  For linklayer options, see fireqos-params-class(5).

       There  is  special  class, called default.  Default classes can be given explicitly in the
       configuration file.  If they are not found in the config, FireQOS will append one  at  the
       end of each interface or class group.

PARAMETERS

       group  It  is  possible  to nest classes by using a group.  Grouped classes must be closed
              with the class group end command.  Class groups can be nested.

       name   This is a single-word name for  this  class  and  is  used  for  displaying  status
              information.

       optional-class-params
              The set of optional class parameters to apply to this class.

              The  following optional class parameters are inherited from the interface the class
              is in:

              • ceil

              • burst

              • cburst

              • quantum

              • qdisc

              If you define one of these at the interface level,  then  all  classes  within  the
              interface  will  get  the  value  by  default.   These values can be overwritten by
              defining the parameter on the class too.   The  same  inheritance  works  on  class
              groups.

              Optional class parameters not in the above list are not inherited from interfaces.

              FireQOS will by default commit 1/100th of the parent bandwidth to each class.  This
              can be overwritten per class by adding a commit to the class, or adding  a  minrate
              at the parent.

EXAMPLES

       To create a nested class, called servers, containing http and smtp:

              interface eth0 lan input rate 1Gbit
                class voip commit 1Mbit
                  match udp ports 5060,10000:10100

                class group servers commit 50%  # define the parent class
                  match tcp                     # apply to all child classes

                  class mail commit 50%         # 50% of parent ('servers')
                    match port 25               # matches within parent ('servers')

                  class web commit 50%
                    match port 80
                class group end                 # end the group 'servers'

                class streaming commit 30%

       To create a nested class which emulates an ADSL modem:

              interface eth0 lan output rate 1Gbit ethernet
                class lan
                  match src 192.168.0.0/24 # LAN traffic

                class group adsl rate 10Mbit ceil 10Mbit adsl remote pppoe-llc
                  match all # all non-lan traffic in this emulated hardware group

                  class voip # class within adsl
                    match udp port 5060

                  class web # class within adsl
                    match tcp port 80,443
                class group end

SEE ALSO

fireqos-params-class(5) - QOS class parameters

       • fireqos(1) - FireQOS program

       • fireqos.conf(5) - FireQOS configuration file

       • fireqos-interface(5) - QOS interface definition

       • fireqos-match(5) - QOS traffic match

       • FireHOL Website (http://firehol.org/)

       • FireQOS Online PDF Manual (http://firehol.org/fireqos-manual.pdf)

       • FireQOS Online Documentation (http://firehol.org/documentation/)

AUTHORS

       FireHOL Team.