Re: [Boost-users] Is it possible to set DSCP (DiffServ code point) on a network connection?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Is it possible to set DSCP (DiffServ code point) on a network connection?
From: Andreas Wehrmann (a.wehrmann_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-11-25 03:15:48

On 11/24/2011 08:11 PM, Igor R wrote:
>> I have been reading the documentation and searched this discussion forum but
>> I can not find any information on how to set a DiffServ code point on the
>> network connection. I need to set this to enable QoS on the UDP data I send but I can not find out how to do it.
>
> First of all, it's worth mentioning in the message title what library
> you're talking about. I guess you mean Boost.Asio here.
> AFAIK, asio doesn't provide such an option, but if your platform api
> does - you can get socket's native_handle() and pass it to the
> relevant api.
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You can do it like this:

boost::asio::detail::socket_option::integer< IPPROTO_IP, IP_TOS > 
optionTos( some_tos_value );
udpSendSocket.set_option( optionTos );

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