Re: [gentoo-user] Packet Shaping

[Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>]

> Well, the problem is that limiting inbound traffic is absolutely
> unreliable. From the numbers given, I guess you're on DSL, right? (Just
> like me, BTW.) If you were on cable, well, there's not a lot you can do
> since the media is unreliable w/ regard to your share of it. But I
> think you're talking about stable bandwith. If you're not lucky, all
> those peers out there flood your inbound traffic line. You can't shape
> this on your side, it's absolutely an issue to be resolved on the DSLAM
> your DSL modem connects to. OTOH, those routers usually don't do very
> sophisticated packet inspection... So it's all about cutting expensive
> connections down very early. This is the even more true for
> applications that are somewhat hasty in changing their requested and
> incoming traffic. So first try cutting down the maximum even more. Take
> a few measures and see what is actually saturated: upstream or
> downstream. If it's in fact neither, it's a configuration issue.

It's actually my upload rate that's difficult to limit.  That's not
inbound traffic right?

- Grant
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