On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 10:42:29PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:11:43 -0400 > Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 03:32:44PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > > > I have issues similar to Doug's, and I have also wondered whether > > > kernel based traffic shaping is what I need. Since we both use > > > shorewall, which has an interface to the kernel's shaping capabilities, > > > I suppose we ought to read shorewall-doc/html/traffic_shaping.htm > > > > > > > As expected, shorewall can't help in this regard. > > Why not? >
At best, it can duplicate wondershaper. However, its designed for high-speed internet access. Its hysteresis is larger than my dialup bandwidth. The big issue is that none of the available shaping methods work by throttling outgoing requests for a chunck of incoming data. They are intended to limit the rate of outbound data. What we need is a multi-protocol proxy server that does proper throttling of download requests. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
