gypsy wrote: > Also > remember YOU DO NOT SHAPE DOWNLOADS! HTB can only "police" D/L, not > "shape". You must use iptables or IMQ to "shape" D/L; I use iptables -m > limit --limit ##/second -j ACCEPT > iptables -j DROP > and make sure that these 2 lines preceed any RELATED, ESTABLISHED > accepts. Note that the real iptables rules include either --dport ## or > --sport ##, depending on what the rule accomplishes. Note further that > downloads are on INPUT so I specify -A INPUT to throttle D/L. > If you use htb or other shaping qdiscs on a router, you can set it up so that it sees packets that are leaving both interfaces and can therefore shape traffic in both directions. Sure, you can't shape traffic destined for the router itself, but that's rarely an issue. -Corey _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/
