Re: Traffic Shaping

Paul Dugas <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.firewalls.m0n0wall
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:10 PM, Chris Buechler <[email protected]>wrote:

> > 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.
>

Ok, I get that but what about UDP?  i.e VoIP  Am I screwed here?

Paul
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