> -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Homer > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 3:35 AM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: RE: Qos/TrafficShaping(on Shorewall) Howto available for > Web-viewing > > > On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 21:08, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > > Actually, I updated the docs yesterday. I did mention that > we can perform > > QoS on incoming connection but that would really mean, > either dropping > > packets as they come in or severely limitting your > downstream bandwidth. > > > > I don't really think you can somehow Shape what your ISP sends you > > unless you have access to the ISP's routers etc. > > > > If I am mistake, please educate me. > > Since I am the ISP ;) None the less, you will drop some > packets in the > download, but... As best as I know, when you don't ACK the packets to > the sending machine, it'll slow down the transport until the ACKs keep > up... Hey.. Since you're the ISP.. May I ask you a question? Say I'm with ISP X, and I'm subscribed to their 384/128k package. They say it's best effort. I want to know, how do they Cap the connection to the said 384k. What sort of trafficshaping etc do they do? TCP Window shaping? Packet dropping?? ACKs??
