> The problem is that the Linux traffic shaping code is in alpha, and it
> is not very scalable. The notes say it is useful from 9 K/sec to
> 128K/sec, beyond that it is very blocky and choppy. I don't know if
> BSD's code is any better. However for 2-3K you can do it several ways.
> 7K is certainly way too much.
Cisco's traffic shaping is pretty good. I've this on a Cisco 4500 to
simulate 100KB/s over ethernet. FTPs were completing at 99KB/s. You need
to have sufficient buffer space to hold traffic back though.
Tom