Grant wrote:
>>> I've got packet shaping set up with a basic config and I'm wondering
>>> if anyone has any recommendations for these settings.  The main thing
>>> to be moving along priority 4 should be p2p.  Is this only shaping the
>>> outbound traffic or is it doing ingress too?
>> Given that you are asking this question, you can't have read the
>> documentation very carefully. But to answer your question, you are only
>> shaping outbound traffic. You are dropping inbound traffic in excess of
>> 1000kbps.
>>
>>> tcdevices:
>>> eth0    1000kbps 100kbps
>> Your values look like you have just used the published (max) data rates
>> specified by your ISP. Those are usually too high. There is a procedure
>> in the documentation for tuning IN-BANDWIDTH; OUT-BANDWIDTH is usually
>> set between 80 and 90% of the maximum.
> 
> I actually used data from the various flash tests around the internet
> to arrive at those numbers.  I read shorewall-tcdevices.html and I'd
> like to move the inbound queue off of my cable provider, but it
> doesn't say how to do that.  Should I just set it to the max?

A) go to http://www.shorewall.net/traffic_shaping.htm
B) scan down the page until you get to the description of IN-BANDWIDTH.
C) read

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