Table of Contents

• 1. tcconfig
  • 1.1. Summary
  • 1.2. Traffic control
    • 1.2.1. Setup traffic shaping rules
    • 1.2.2. Available Parameters
    • 1.2.3. Targets
• 2. Installation
  • 2.1. Installation: pip
  • 2.2. Installation: dpkg (Debian/Ubuntu)
• 3. Dependencies
  • 3.1. Linux packages
  • 3.2. Linux kernel module
  • 3.3. Optional Python packages
• 4. Usage
  • 4.1. Set traffic control (tcset command)
    • 4.1.1. tcset command help
    • 4.1.2. Basic usage
      • 4.1.2.1. e.g. Set a limit on bandwidth up to 100Kbps
      • 4.1.2.2. e.g. Set network latency
      • 4.1.2.3. e.g. Set 0.1% packet loss
      • 4.1.2.4. e.g. All of the above settings at once
      • 4.1.2.5. e.g. Specify the IP address of the traffic control
      • 4.1.2.6. e.g. Specify the IP network and port of traffic control
    • 4.1.3. Advanced usage
      • 4.1.3.1. Traffic control of incoming packets
      • 4.1.3.2. Set latency distribution
      • 4.1.3.3. Set multiple traffic shaping rules to an interface
      • 4.1.3.4. Using IPv6
      • 4.1.3.5. Get tc commands
      • 4.1.3.6. Generate a tc script file
      • 4.1.3.7. Set a shaping rule for multiple destinations
      • 4.1.3.8. Shaping rules between multiple hosts
    • 4.1.4. Docker container
      • 4.1.4.1. Set traffic control to a docker container
      • 4.1.4.2. Set traffic control within a docker container
  • 4.2. Delete traffic control (tcdel command)
    • 4.2.1. tcdel command help
      • 4.2.1.1. e.g. Delete traffic control of eth0
    • 4.2.2. Advanced usage
  • 4.3. Display traffic control configurations (tcshow command)
    • 4.3.1. tcshow command help
      • 4.3.1.1. Example
  • 4.4. Backup and restore traffic control configurations
    • 4.4.1. e.g. Backup configurations
    • 4.4.2. e.g. Restore configurations
  • 4.5. Execute with not a super-user
• 5. Troubleshooting
  • 5.1. RTNETLINK answers: No such file or directory
    • 5.1.1. Phenomenon
    • 5.1.2. Solution
  • 5.2. RTNETLINK answers: Operation not supported
    • 5.2.1. Phenomenon
    • 5.2.2. Solutions
• 6. Changelog
• 7. Sponsors
• 8. Indices and tables
• 9. Links