Re: torrent client traffic shaping question

2009-03-12 Thread RW
On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:24:37 +1100 (EST) Ian Smith smi...@nimnet.asn.au wrote: On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:42:23 + RW rwmailli...@googlemail.com A traffic shaper could efficiently regulate downloads by proxying TCP. And even though PF does some limited TCP proxying, unfortunately

torrent client traffic shaping question

2009-03-11 Thread Brent Clark
Hiya I got this question to ask, and I was hoping the TCP/IP gurus would be able to help me understand this. K you know how with traffic shapping you can control only the traffic leaving you, how it is that torrent clients say they can control the download as well as the upload. I would think

Re: torrent client traffic shaping question

2009-03-11 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, K you know how with traffic shapping you can control only the traffic leaving you, how it is that torrent clients say they can control the download as well as the upload. I would think the client can only control the upload. Maybe torrent protocol includes something where by the client

Re: torrent client traffic shaping question

2009-03-11 Thread Brent Clark
Olivier Nicole wrote: Maybe torrent protocol includes something where by the client tells its peers to send data at a slower rate. Traffic shaping is done at IP or TCP level, while the up/down load speed is managed at the client level. Bests, Olivier Hi I posted the same Q on netfilters

Re: torrent client traffic shaping question

2009-03-11 Thread RW
On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:13:16 +0200 Brent Clark brentgclarkl...@gmail.com wrote: Hiya I got this question to ask, and I was hoping the TCP/IP gurus would be able to help me understand this. K you know how with traffic shapping you can control only the traffic leaving you, how it is that

Re: torrent client traffic shaping question

2009-03-11 Thread Ian Smith
On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:42:23 + RW rwmailli...@googlemail.com wrote: On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:13:16 +0200 Brent Clark brentgclarkl...@gmail.com wrote: Hiya I got this question to ask, and I was hoping the TCP/IP gurus would be able to help me understand this. K you know