Network bandwidth problem

From: Laszlo Zsolt Nagy (nagylzs_at_freemail.hu)
Date: 03/11/05

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      Hi All!

    I have a little problem here. I'm going to have two employees here who
    are making calls with skype.
    There is a router (FreeBSD 5.3) and a NAT-ed network. Internet is
    accessed via ppp (DSL line).
    When the network is loaded heavily, skype is breaking up. Is there any
    way to configure my router
    to prioritize packets for skype users? The speed of incoming traffic
    cannot be limited efficiently,
    am I wrong? What I probably need is to limit bandwidth and/or set packet
    priority by port number.
    I'm not sure about the protcocol of Skype in this case because we would
    like to use it to make calls
    to regular phone numbers. I'm not really new to ipfw but what I have now
    is a configuration that
    was changed from an example. Any URL pointing to the right place will be
    appreciated.

    Best,

       Laci

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