Re: artificial latency for a network interface

Maksim Krasnyanskiy (maxk@qualcomm.com)
Fri, 29 Jun 2001 10:14:52 -0700


> > I wanted to do that using two tun devices.
> > I had hoped to have a routing like this:
> >
> > <-> eth0 <-> tun0 <-> userspace, waiting queue <-> tun1 <-> eth1
>
>yes, that works very well. A userspace app sits on top of the
>tun/tap device and pulls out packets, delays them and reinjects
>them.
Right. And you don't even need tun1. Just write them back to tun0.

>The problem is routing: when you send the packet back to the
>kernel, it sends it straight back to you. You need to rewrite
>the headers, which is a pain.
True.

Max

Maksim Krasnyanskiy
Senior Kernel Engineer
Qualcomm Incorporated

maxk@qualcomm.com
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