It appears as I was wrong on the configuration. I assed that mbps
meant Mbps *NOT* MBps. I have a 32 megabit connection. Changing to
32mbit:200kbit fixed the issue.

Thanks Tom!

On Apr 29, 2011, at 11:12 PM, Tom Eastep <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Apr 29, 2011, at 3:50 PM, Tom Eastep <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Apr 29, 2011, at 7:59 AM, Red Baron wrote:
>>
>>> I found this in the release notes:
>>>
>>> 6)  The IN-BANDWIDTH column in both /etc/shorewall/tcdevices and
>>>    /etc/shorewall/tcinterfaces now accepts an optional burst parameter.
>>>
>>>        <rate>[:<burst>
>>>
>>> setting the rate to 32mbps:100kbps did not affect the speed at all. What is 
>>> a rational number to put here that should let a client burst to full 
>>> capacity? is is 32mbps:32mbps ?
>>
>>
>> I use this:
>>
>>    50mbit:200kb
>>
>> and I am able to download at 50mbit
>
> Two more things:
>
> 1. I have no idea how ingress policing works on a 32mbps line. That is 
> roughly 7 times as fast as mine. Note that I said "policing"; it is not 
> shaping.
>
> 2. You write "100kbps" for the burst but the burst is expressed as a number 
> of bits/bytes. So I would expect to receive an error if I actually entered 
> "32mbps:100kbps".
>
> -Tom
>
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