On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 09:41:59AM +0100, Henrik Nordstrom wrote: > example, consider the not too uncommon example of a computer connected via > 100Mbps networking to a DSL modem, and you want to tune the use of the link > without needing to introduce a router inbetween. Assuming there is only one computer (and therefore no need for the router), why would you want something other than a work-conserving ingress policy? Drop certain packets, allow everything else ... I can almost see your point if we're discussing very slow computers, but in that case the qdisc's would slow it down more -- could you please fill me in on your assumptions here? -- Michael T. Babcock CTO, FibreSpeed Ltd. (Hosting, Security, Consultation, Database, etc) http://www.fibrespeed.net/~mbabcock/