[altq 765] Re: help for a newbie...

[Kenjiro Cho <kjc@csl.sony.co.jp>]

Nigel Punton wrote:
> I am fairly new to OpenBSD 2.8 and definitely new to bandwidth management,
> all of my research has pointed me to using altq for bandwidth management on
> my OpenBSD 2.8 server.  I have downloaded altq 3.0 and for the most part
> completed the installation process.
> I am however getting "altqd: can't open altq device: Device not configured"
> when I try to start altq.

It seems that your kernel doesn't have ALTQ built-in.
Did you use sys-altq/arch/i386/conf/ALTQ for your kernel config file?

> A couple of questions I have:
> After the installation process I didn't have a modules directory which was
> referenced in the INSTALL document.  Should I be concerned?

The kernel module directory is only for FreeBSD.

> Do I need to install cbq if all I want to do is bandwidth management (or
> shaping)?

For simple interface shaping, you can use tbrconfig(8).
Still, you need to have at least "options ALTQ" in your kernel config.

> Should I install kame for altq to work properly on my OpenBSD server?

No.  OpenBSD-2.8 + altq-3.0 works.

> Finally, for a quick test, what should my conf file look like, the
> altq.conf.sample that accompanies the altq install required cbq.

If you are going to use tbrconfig(8), you don't need to run altqd(8).

-Kenjiro