Re: creating artificial latency

["Abdul-Wahid Paterson" <abdulwahid@gmail.com>]

Thanks...found it....that looks like what  I need.

Abdul-Wahid

On 2/18/07, Frederik Deweerdt <deweerdt@free.fr> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 11:42:46AM +0300, Abdul-Wahid Paterson wrote:
> > It is probably not the normal thing that people would want to slow
> > down packets but I have to remote sites and have a few different
> > options for connecting them. There is no copper or fibre so I am
> > restricted to certain wireless and satellite systems.
> >
> > I know what the latency of these proposed systems would be but I need
> > to make a realistic evaluation of the different systems in terms of
> > using our in house applications to test what latency would be
> > acceptable for users to actually work effectively.
> >
> > Is there a way using iptables (or another linux method) that I can
> > create artificial latency by adding say 500 msecs to each packet
> > before it is forwarded?
> Hi,
>
> Google for "netem and delay".
>
> Regards,
> Frederik