Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:19:13 +0700 (ICT) From: Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th> To: brentgclarklist@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: torrent client traffic shaping question Message-ID: <200903110919.n2B9JDe8063258@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> In-Reply-To: <49B780AC.3010600@gmail.com> (message from Brent Clark on Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:13:16 %2B0200) References: <49B780AC.3010600@gmail.com>
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Hi, > K you know how with traffic shapping you can control only the traffic > leaving you, how it is that torrent clients say they can control the > download as well as the upload. I would think the client can only > control the upload. Maybe torrent protocol includes something where by the client tells its peers to send data at a slower rate. Traffic shaping is done at IP or TCP level, while the up/down load speed is managed at the client level. Bests, Olivier
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