AK> You need to shape in both directions... so, if you don't AK> guarantee the server some download bandwith, you'll encounter AK> lags pretty much all the time. I thought I could only shape upload traffic?? BTW: download bandwidth is not the issue: I've got an ADSL connection of 2MBit/s down and 192Kbit/s up. >> I can post my script if there is an interest in it... AK> You should definitely put it somewhere so that people AK> can have a look at it. Its here now: http://www.designobjekt.de/test/rc.trafficshaper Any comments strongly appreciated! Thanks, Tom. -- Word Perfect isn't, Excel doesn't, Works won't.