Re: Traffic Shaping
Chris Buechler <[email protected]>
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On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Paul Dugas <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Lee Sharp <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Joey Morin wrote: >> >> Or, do I need to get the ISP to setup shaping rules on [Rtr1] to make this >>> work? >>> >> >> You can do it all at your end. You will need to set limits slightly below >> your full bandwidth, but it will work fine. >> > > So, where can I learn more about the mechanism? How does the local router > influence how the remote router chooses one packet over another to stuff in > the saturated link? > It doesn't. The shaper can queue things in such a way that it will slow downloads because of TCP's congestion control mechanisms. If you can queue on both ends though, that's preferable. Most of the time that isn't an option.