I have the same issue. There is a way with linux using iptables to mangle the ToS in the IP header, which solves this issue.
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/nag2/x-087-2-firewall.tos.manipulation.html But i'm unaware of any way ipf to do this. Sincerely, Scott Pakula Smoothco.com --- "Dave Ockwell-Jenner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My ISP provides me a very asymmetric cable connection to the Internet. > I have a Solaris 7 system with IP Filter that acts as a > router/firewall/NAT between the Internet and the local network in our > house - effectively sharing the Internet connection between people in > the house. > > Occasionally, someone fires up a P2P application and the sudden flood of > upload traffic increases the latency for download traffic (I assume as > upload becomes saturated, the ACK's for download traffic don't get out > fast enough). > > Is there some kind of traffic shaping software (preferably freeware) > that I can use to throttle my upstream traffic and bring things to a > sensible compromise? > > Kind regards, > -- > Dave Ockwell-Jenner > Solar Nexus Solutions > http://www.solar-nexus.com/ > >
