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From: Andy Furniss <andy.furniss@dsl.pipex.com>
Subject: Re: Shaping ingress traffic
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 01:47:58 +0100
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To: Patrick Leslie Polzer <leslie.polzer@gmx.net>
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Patrick Leslie Polzer wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I know that policing ingress traffic can not be as effective as shaping
> egress traffic, but I would still like to know your opinions on the
> best thing I could do with my setup:
> 
> I have a total asymmetric bandwidth of 768kBit/128kBit.
> 
> Three hosts are masqueraded via this interface (ppp0),
> with two on the interface 'vortex' and one on 'dec'.
> Each one should get at least about one third of the
> available downstream, and more if there's more available.
> 
> How is this most effectively achieved?

You could use IMQ(+NAT patch) on ppp0 then shape using HTB etc.

www.linuximq.net
www.lartc.org

The lartc list may help with details.

Andy.