Tc (Linux) Explained

tc (traffic control) is the user-space system administration utility program used to configure the Linux kernel packet scheduler.^[1] Tc is usually packaged as part of the iproute2 package.^[2]

Syntax

tc filter add dev pppoe-dsl parent 1: prio 1 protocol ip handle 202 fw flowid 1:202

See also

• cgroups

External links

• Traffic Control HOWTO Dated but still very relevant HOWTO from the Linux Documentation Project.
• Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO More up-to-date HOWTO for advanced networking topics, including traffic control
• Linux TC Notes brief note of various parts of linux traffic control. English is sometimes broken, but the information is still good.
• tc: Linux HTTP Outgoing Traffic Shaping Example use of tc for shaping tcp/80 traffic.
• Advanced Traffic Control ArchLinux wiki entry for traffic control with tc.
• tcng A proposed alternative to the regular tc program, however it appear to have stalled.

Notes and References

1. Book: Jha, Sanjay. Engineering Internet QoS. 2002. Artech House. Mahbub Hassan. 1-58053-566-6. Boston. 69–71. 52751809.
2. Web site: list of the Debian package iproute2 . Debian.