On Thu, 2005-29-12 at 21:32 +0000, Andy Furniss wrote:

> I mean it would be handy to be able to send a packet to dummy to be 
> shaped then when that packet "returns" to then classify/shape again on 
> the real interface.
> 

Shaping should work when the packet comes back to the real device.
You have to have setup shaping rules on the real device.
Re-classification is doable, but i intentionaly took it out to avoid
loops. The plan is to add a metadata setting action in the future
and that would allow it to function as you described.

> When I tried with an htb on eth0 and a redirect action to dummy the 
> packets  sent to dummy could not be shaped by the htb on eth0 - they go 
> through as direct packets. It may be possible as is - but I couldn't get 
> it to work.
> 

Ok, when i do this testing i will try to create a script which demos the
functionality.

cheers,
jamal

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